snakes

[subzali]

From a couple summers ago: it wasn’t a rattler so we picked it up: think this was a Western Terrestrial Garter Snake...

 

[kurtnkegger]

awww, toss them in a neighbors yard? Buy bigger fish?

Yup. I'm not sure I agree with killing snakes and coyotes (or for that matter wolves and lions) on sight. Well as long as it's not a me-or-them situation.

It seems you open yourself to unintended consequences. As I understand it some years ago Larimer County had an issue with rabid foxes and so they exterminated them. Now the mountain parks have tons of rattlesnakes. Which is arguably worse.

I first tried to relocate the snakes, but found a snake typically the next day in the yard...Same snake? I don't know, however, after permanently dispatching the snake, I don't find them the next day.

I'm not really feeling that I'm disturbing the eco system in my area, but I know I've lost hundreds of dollars in Koi, and will continue to protect the contents of the pond....