I currently wrote this as: 猫は蛇が現れたと思た. The cat thought a snake appeared.

Is this correct ?
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How would I say: The cat thought a snake appeared?
Your sentence looks fine except that 思た should be [思]{おも}った.
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> 「猫は蛇が現れたと **思た**.」

This sentence is good except for the last word and the non-Japanese period.
Excellent use of 「は」 and 「が」.

> 「[猫]{ねこ}は[蛇]{へび}が[現]{あらわ}れたと[思]{おも} **った** 。」 is the corect sentence.

Other possibilities:

「猫はヘビが[出]{で}てきたのかと思った。」

「猫はヘビが出てきたと思った。」

「猫はヘビが現れたのかと思った。」
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