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Old 04-05-2010, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Spring
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Any ideas regarding a safe and effective "snakes repellent" will be gladly welcome.
Snake charming, Snake-A-Way, Mothballs, Sulfur, BioDefend?
Thank you in advance.
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Old 04-05-2010, 11:12 AM
 
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Best one I have found is a 410 shotgun...
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Old 04-05-2010, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Spring
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Best one I have found is a 410 shotgun...
Wow, that's a bizarre solution!
But something less noisy and more eco-friendly?
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:10 PM
 
Location: Clear Lake Area
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a dog
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:16 PM
 
Location: Spring
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a dog
Hummm ... no!
Less noisy?
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:52 PM
 
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Hmmm, I'm not sure. I just caught a snake today in my garden. How do you know if they are poisonous? He was injured on his tail so didn't try to get away too much. I just put on a glove and grabbed in and threw him in an old aquarium for the kids to check out. I think we'll dump him in the bayou tonight (you know, so he can crawl back up to our garden tomorrow).
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Clear Lake Area
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How do you know if they are poisonous?
There are 4 venomous snakes in this area... rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes. SnakesKeyList (http://www.houstonherp.com/SnakesKeyList.htm - broken link)

The rattlesnake, copperhead and cottonmouth are all pit vipers and thus have a distinctive triangular head... all pit vipers also have a heat sensitive pit located between the eye and nostril on each side of the head...

The coral snake has a distinctive banding of red, yellow and black: Coral (http://www.houstonherp.com/Coral.htm - broken link)
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:27 PM
 
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Any ideas regarding a safe and effective "snakes repellent" will be gladly welcome.
Snake charming, Snake-A-Way, Mothballs, Sulfur, BioDefend?
Thank you in advance.
Mothballs will work, but your yard will smell really bad and you shouldn't do this if you have pets or kids that use the yard. We do use some Snake-A-Way around the garage doors after I found a good size snake skin in the garage, but it's hard to know if it's working.

Sometimes, eliminating the food chain will cut down on snakes. Using those landscaping lights that are on at night will attract insects, which attract lizards and frogs, which will attract snakes.

Living in the south means walking while looking at the ground at all times.
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Old 04-05-2010, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Lemongrass is a good snake repellant. The sticky/rough edges of the leaves rub their bellies the wrong way, so they don't like to go where there are lots of lemongrass. Easy to grow in Houston, and great for cooking!
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Old 04-05-2010, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Spring
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Mothballs will work, but your yard will smell really bad and you shouldn't do this if you have pets or kids that use the yard. We do use some Snake-A-Way around the garage doors after I found a good size snake skin in the garage, but it's hard to know if it's working.

Sometimes, eliminating the food chain will cut down on snakes. Using those landscaping lights that are on at night will attract insects, which attract lizards and frogs, which will attract snakes.

Living in the south means walking while looking at the ground at all times.
Thank you! ... I think Snake-A-Way could be an option.
Certainly we are living in a small Jungle!
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