how to get rid of a snake
trbomax
Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 133 Starvation Lake, Mi |
2004-08-16 93680
This is for real guys.My wife has a resident black snake [about 3' long]who has taken up residense in her rock/flower garden.It has a habit of sunning itself on the bricks under the swing.Now my wife really is not much of a snake person, so it has to go.Any ideas?
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paulss
Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 60 Lavaca County, TX |
2004-08-16 93683
There is a product (the name escapes me but you should be able to do a search on Google and find it) that is supposed to repel snakes. You just sprinkle it around and have to replace it after a heavy rain. If that doesn't work a hoe is a more permanent solution. ....
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Archdean
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 279 Oklahoma Pics |
2004-08-16 93686
First if I may say so, that Black Snake (HARMLESS)is doing more good for her Garden than she ever could!!
If that still doesn't warm her up, I can tell you that most snakes taste just like chicken!! (And yes I do know that first hand, not neccessarily by choice)
My best regards to both of you!
Dean ....
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fahrwood
Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6 Northeast Washington State |
2004-08-16 93689
If you don't want to kill the snake, take a stiff tine garden rake and, from behind the snake, press the tines down over the body just behind the head (between the tines of course). It's alot more comfortable approaching when they are thus immobilized. Now you simply place a gunny sack over the tail and scoop it up in one fell motion as you lift the rake. Now you can haul the bagged critter so far away it'll forget where that nice rock was, and find another.
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yooperpete
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1413 Northern Michigan Pics |
2004-08-17 93707
Archdean:
Sounds like another guy that got a 12-18 month government sponsored tour to the tropical jungle and got a chance to dine on the natural food chain. ....
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how to get rid of a snake
trbomax
Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 133 Starvation Lake, Mi |
2004-08-17 93710
I tried to tell her that it would taste like chicken nuggets,but she's not interested. I really dont want to resort to anti-snake warfare,Id rather just find a way to convince it to leave ! ....
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Archdean
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 279 Oklahoma Pics |
2004-08-17 93712
times 2 plus!!! ....
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DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada Pics |
2004-08-17 93715
There are two viable choices. Catch and relocate or whack it with a shovel. ....
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Archdean
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 279 Oklahoma Pics |
2004-08-17 93720
Let me refer all to this thread...
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Link: Guns for self defense
 
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bnrhuffman
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 107 Falling Waters WV |
2004-08-17 93742
Send it my way. Ive got moles real bad this year and Ive found that a few black snakes will take care of them. Amazingly, Ive convinced my wife of this and she doesnt have a problem with the couple of snakes Ive imported. ....
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Iowafun
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 955 Central Iowa Pics |
2004-08-20 93944
I used to run over the garter snakes I came across when mowing. Now I leave them alone since they do a nice job of eating insects. Same for the barn swallows and the mess they make. If you can do it, try relocation. I couldn't. I hate snakes and won't touch them alive or dead. A 12 ga shotgun works for me. You may want to try the repellant so it moves further away, yet still can eat critters close to your house.
You should have seen our techs when they went to fix a home test unit (I work for an appliance manufacturer) that broke. Control board was fried. When they took it apart, an 18" bull snake fell out. Looked for warmth and committed suicide by crossing contacts with it's body. Some were a bit freaked out by it even though it was dead. ....
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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada Pics |
2004-08-20 93951
Snakes are a problem for us too, golf courses are definitely high on the 'best places to live list' for snakes. Lots of food, sunshine and shelter in the rough.
Mark has it pretty well nailed, relocate them, or send them to meet their maker.
We find making them little 'snake friendly areas' away from the public helps some, but some snakes are just too persistent for their own good. If you can make the garden less attractive to them, and offer them an alternative it might work. If not the shovel certainly does.
I'm told that since snakes depend a lot on their sense of smell (taste?) they are very alert to danger from smells left by predators. If you have a dog try encouraging it to leave it's scent in the garden, a regular sprinkle might make the snake think this a poor location for survival.
Personally, I have a Jack Russell terrier (terror?) and snakes are on their 'mortal enemies' list, along with squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, skunks and feral cats.
Best of luck. ....
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AnnBrush
Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 463 Troy OH Pics |
2004-08-20 93963
We have two hunting beagles and their mortal enemy list goes something like this:
1) Satisfy BOTH conditions
a)Smaller than 2x my size
b)Must be non-dog
Of course you see his leads to a LOT of mortal enemies, snakes included. ....
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Mikef54
Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 43 CT |
2004-08-20 93970
trbomax, the product you are looking for is called "Snake-Away". You should be able to get it at a good hardware store, gardening store, or pest control company.
Regards, Mike. ....
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Cmassey
Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7 Villa Rica Georgia |
2006-01-03 122198
You are right, you WILL NOT have a rodent problem if you have a couple of black snakes around. Also you will not have a poisonous snake problem either. Check the laws some non-poisonous snakes are illegal to kill to the tune of 10 years and 100K. Otherwise catch and relocate. ....
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