Water Snake or Moccasin? Pond 2 FINISHED!

[Jason]

My intention all along was to remove it, It followed it's head back and forth as the fish swam by, almost like it was smelling for them. I did not realize it would upset some of you :/ Half the people I talked to said it was poisonous the other half it was not. IT WAS NEVER OUT IN THE OPEN, only it's head was sticking out as I posted or I would have asked you to identify a better picture of it. My fiance comes first and she wanted it dead as she is terrified of snakes like most people are. I told you, me and my friend Kyle tried to catch it first the other day and failed. Second comes MY FISH which i believed to is why 90% of you are on this site in the first place? I read countless times that these snakes EAT small fish like i have, and with the tiny yard I have and only 3 Frogs that I know of, id say the snake was preparing his next attack on my fish! I LOVE SNAKES (Not All) and are only scared of certain kinds (Moccasins, Rattlers, Cobras, etc.) but I was not about to try and reach my hand into the unknown to catch it and it end up being poisonous and me rushing to the hospital.

I lived next door to a guy with a snake before we moved and helped raise it. This is Tinker bell, she is 5 years old now and me and the same friend took this video 1 year ago so she's probably bigger now. (Im the one in the Green nike's and boardshorts) She is a reticulated python and VERY STRONG and just over 18' as of the video. I use to help take her out and peel her dead skin and measure her, and she eats pigs and large rats!

I don't want anyone hear thinking I hate snakes because i don't, I have an grass snake that lives in the front yard (Fiance does not know) and little tiny snakes that I leave alone around the back yard. I just did not want my fish to be eaten up and go through the same thing I did 6 months ago, But maybe I should not have killed it and hired some one else to take care of it, Sorry if I upset you all

 

[fishin4cars]

Jason, Please don't take it the wrong way, I'm not at all upset, If it was a choice you had to make. . You had to make the choice that best fit your situation. I'll be the first to admit I've killed a few that threatened my fish as well. I did miss that you had already made an attempt to catch it already. Keep in mind that although this is a thread you started, I post more to a subject instead of the original poster if I think I can pass on helpful or needed information for others to read as well. After reading this last post I'm sure you made a decision that was probably in your best interest, as it seems you do have a liking and not killing for the fear of a simple snake. Thanks for the clarification. I'm sure others will appreciate the explanation and reason for your choice in the way you had to handle it.

 

[Jason]

Thanks

 

[Mucky_Waters]

Snake Killer! :angry:


Just kidding

That was a cool snake in your video BTW.

 

[Jason]

Thanks, I need to go see it again, It's by far larger then any snake Ive seen in a zoo!