Hubby just spotted what he sais was a bright green snake on the edge of our pond in the garden, we have checked out pictures of the indigenous British snakes (adder, grass and smooth) and he sais it was much brighter green than any of the pics we could find. Could it be an escape artist or can grass snakes be green in colour ???? It was about 2ft in length.

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i wonder if it was either a rough or smooth green snake thats escaped Rainy cos theyre ofter kept in captivity, ask Mr R if it looked like this little chap..

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It was alot bigger than that (2-3 ft long and fatter) but Mr R does reckon it was that sort of green. Having googled i did wonder if it was an escaped one because they are quite popular. Any idea if they are dangerous and should we contact anyone about it ???

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no theyre not dangerous (well at least those ones arnt anyway lol) im not sure who to contact ive found this site maybe they'll give good advice Mitcham Reptile Rescue Database

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We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat

Thanks hun, will see if it re appears, little chance of actually catching it in our garden. It was clearly hunting a toad in the pond so looks like it has found a food source

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An adder maybe? Some look quite green.

My mum gets lots in her garden cos parts of it are long grass.

Best to leave it alone as lots of the green tree snakes are venomous, if you are concerned call the RSPCA to come and look for it, but dont try to pick it up!

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Oh believe me picking it up is the LAST thing i would do Only thing is the kids, just wanted to identify it so i knew whether i needed to be concerned at all Thanks for the info

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I heard that snakes & other exotics are being abandoned quite a lot due to the recession, poor little snake

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You have no idea how terrfied that statement makes me. I had convinced myslef if was just a nice little common grass snake

My neighbour keeps snakes so first thing i did was knock and see if they had lost one.

Will it die if its an exotic

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OMG I'm so sorry, didn't mean to upset you it probably was just a grass snake but there was something not long back in the papers about abandoned exotics
I guess it probably would die if it gets cold enough

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