Welcome to Thailandblog.nl
With 275.000 visits per month, Thailandblog is the largest Thailand community in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter and stay informed!
Newsletter
Language setting
Rate Thai Baht
Sponsor
Latest comments
- Eric Kuypers: Khoen, don't you see too many bears on the road? Hans is not married. If his partner dies then her heirs inherit, I suspect
- Eric Kuypers: Khoen, I don't agree with you. The criterion for going from the 70% to the 50% AOW benefit is marriage and/or cohabitation. See
- Pjotter: If you really live alone, Frans, I wouldn't take any risks and make sure that everything indicates that you live there alone. To the ta
- Peter Albronda: Dear Lung Addie, I read with attention your response about the geomagnetic storms. From your text I gather that you, just like me, have a
- Mark: I have also done some “research” for myself about freelance work in Thailand. By the way, I am a resident of Thailand. Voo
- Bert Matthys: Peter Yai, it's the Pongsin Resort I think you mean?
- Stefan: Correction: Source: The Rudi & Freddie Show! :-) https://shorturl.at/iozS1
- Bart: I think official figures cannot be denied. And those figures clearly show something different than what you claim. I
- Do: Try a new invention from Japan called Poliglu. Costs something like bht 4000,-
- Arjen: What Erik says is completely correct. And don't say things like: "but in this case it's not necessary" because... Any form
- Khoen: The question is whether Hans can benefit from usufruct by transferring land and house to his girlfriend. What is the case? No
- Lung addie: Dear Freddy, you are asking for tips on how to submit a 'successful' objection. On what basis do you want to submit an objection?
- French: Okay, but we don't live together, but there are clothes of hers hanging with me, yes, and when they come to check, they see that of course.
- Pjotter: Idd Google regularly gives strange translations. The app compared to the internet site is useful for, for example, a menu at a restaurant
- John Hoekstra: Without a work permit it is not advisable to work in Thailand. If you get caught you will end up in the “immigration de
Sponsor
Bangkok again
Menu
Arrivals Bangkok Airport
DOSSIERS
Learning objectives and topics
- Background
- Activities
- Advertorial
- Diary
- Tax question
- Belgium question
- Sights
- Bizarre
- Buddhism
- Book reviews
- Column
- Corona crisis
- The Culture
- Diary
- Dating
- The week of
- Dossier
- To dive
- Economy
- A day in the life of…..
- Islands
- Food and drink
- Events and festivals
- Balloon Festival
- Bo Sang Umbrella Festival
- Buffalo races
- Chiang Mai Flower Festival
- Chinese New Year
- Full Moon Party
- Christmas
- Lotus Festival – Rub Bua
- Loy Krathong
- Naga Fireball Festival
- New Years Eve celebration
- Phi ta khon
- Phuket Vegetarian Festival
- Rocket festival – Bun Bang Fai
- Songkran – Thai New Year
- Fireworks Festival Pattaya
- Expats and retirees
- state pension
- Car insurance
- Banking
- Tax in the Netherlands
- Thailand tax
- Belgian Embassy
- Belgian tax authorities
- Proof of life
- DigiD
- emigrate
- To rent a house
- Buy a house
- In memoriam
- Income statement
- King's day
- Cost of living
- Dutch embassy
- Dutch government
- Dutch Association
- News
- Passing away
- Passport
- Retirement
- Drivers license
- Distributions
- Elections
- Insurance in general
- Visa
- work
- Hospital
- Health insurance
- Flora and fauna
- Photo of the week
- Gadgets
- Money and finance
- History
- Health
- Charities
- Hotels
- Looking at houses
- Isaan
- Khan Peter
- Koh Mook
- King Bhumibol
- Living in Thailand
- Reader Submission
- Reader call
- Reader tips
- Reader question
- Society
- marketplace
- Medical tourism
- Environment
- Nightlife
- News from the Netherlands and Belgium
- News from Thailand
- Entrepreneurs and companies
- Education
- Research
- Discover Thailand
- Opinions
- Remarkable
- Calls
- Floods 2011
- Floods 2012
- Floods 2013
- Floods 2014
- Winter prices
- Politics
- Poll
- Travel stories
- Travel
- Organizations
- Shopping
- Social media
- Spa & wellness
- Sport
- Cities
- Position of the week
- The beach
- Language
- For sale
- TEV procedure
- Thailand in general
- Thailand with children
- thai tips
- Thai massage
- Tourism
- Going out
- Currency – Thai Baht
- From the editors
- Real estate law; and
- Traffic and transport
- Visa Short Stay
- Long stay visa
- Visa question
- Flight tickets
- Question of the week
- Weather and climate
Sponsor
Disclaimer translations
Thailandblog uses machine translations in multiple languages. Use of translated information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for errors in translations.
Read our full here disclaimer.
Royalty
© Copyright Thailandblog 2024. All rights reserved. Unless stated otherwise, all rights to information (text, image, sound, video, etc.) that you find on this site rest with Thailandblog.nl and its authors (bloggers).
Whole or partial takeover, placement on other sites, reproduction in any other way and/or commercial use of this information is not permitted, unless express written permission has been granted by Thailandblog.
Linking and referring to the pages on this website is permitted.
Home » Reader question » A snake in my pond, can someone give me tips?
A snake in my pond, can someone give me tips?
Dear readers,
As some may recall, I built a pond a few years ago. I often work on and in the pond. In one of the cleanings I saw the skin of a snake, but not the animal itself. Until two weeks ago I saw one half a meter swimming in the water.
Shit I thought, then I can't go into the water for a while. But I soon noticed that most of the time the beast was hiding. However, today I wanted to clean the pumps of my filter installation, when I suddenly saw our new resident swim by. He raised his head above the water and looked at me. I carefully left to get my phone and take a picture of it.
I've searched through the pictures on Google what animal it could be and I think it's a “regular” Keelback. Most of them are venomous, but not lethal and they rarely attack. Only when they're cornered.
Maybe someone can enlighten me further. I have the photos on Google drive:
Drive.google.com
Drive.google.com
Drive.google.com
I am really curious… and thanks in advance for any tips…
Regards,
Jack S
What a scary big beast.
Maybe call the snake pick-up service.
Or maybe the neighbors want to catch (and eat) that snake.
Difficult to see in the water, body drawings are not really clearly visible.
I do see the typical marking in his eye and can also be seen in the species you have stated.
https://bangkokherps.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/michael-cota-xenochrophis-flavipunctatus-pathum-thani.jpg
Well, if you want to get rid of it, the snake will have to be caught and put out very far again. No one around with experience with it?
The snake would not be deadly to humans. so you have to be sure.
But the typical marking near his eye would also lead me to your conclusion. yellow spotted keelback
I think it's a young Checkered Keelback. The adults grow up to 110 cm. It mainly lives in the water where it feeds on fish and mice. This snake is not dangerous and when all your fish has been eaten it will go away on its own. You can have it removed by the emergency services.
Check out a site like Snakes or Isaan, HuaHin etc depending where you live. Instructive and you can post a photo and within a few minutes you often have an answer what kind of snake it is.
If you have Facebook you might like to join Snakes of Isaan: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1076644525809817/
The animal seems big, but it is not. He also leaves the fish alone, as far as I can see. Not on his menu, hopefully. When my wife saw a cat in the garden in the evening. At first she thought of a rabbit, which piqued my curiosity and when I walked outside with a flashlight I saw the snake crawling down the garden path.
It seems to prey mainly on smaller animals, such as mice or frogs.
Stick with clothespin on the end
Just let live. Not dangerous. If you enter your pond for cleaning or whatever, the snake will indeed stay out of the way.
If it unexpectedly bites you, immediately go to the hospital with the photo, you already have it. Then you get exactly the right antidote…
Two hours after a snakebite!