OT, Snake help

He did suggest some products to run them off, but none of them work on all snakes. One in particular I am going to pick up today from local Lowe's is snake away I think name is, saw it last time, but did not buy it. Here again, major component is moth ball stuff. He also suggested the same ole thing, remove their food source, brush for hiding places, tall grass, etc etc. Already done that of course. Maybe I need to get more cats!! :-)

So, sounds like I am not alone with this issue so just fighting it and keep them gone. Still going to kill everyone I catch in my barn or patio or where ever. My neighbor had one in his front yard where his kids play and another one of some sort got squashed at the intersection.Neighbor the other way killed a big one in his kids swing&slide area. Just too many snakes.

Keep up the fight!!

I went on the web and found a picture of my snake. It was a black king snake. He's a good one.....and not dead.

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Brad

No other snake (other than those mentioned above) are harmful in any way. (And one snake, which will attempt to fool you by acting aggressive, is actually quite a joker: The "puff-adder" or "hog-nosed" snake (named for it's distinctive little up-turned nose/nostrils) may actually make a "run" at you to attempt to frighten you away. It sometimes even coils up and "strikes" at you....with it's mouth tightly closed. (Ha!) If you touch it with a stick or attempt to handle it in any way, it's second line of defense is to play "dead" by rolling onto it's back and feigning death. If you roll it back onto it's belly....it'll promptly roll back over onto it's back so it can pretend some more. (grin) Snakes can be very beneficial: They eat mice/rats/insects and some even eat bats. Almost all of them (except cottonmouths) first line of defense is to try to run from you. It's a good idea to get a book or do some research to learn the potentially "harmful" ones (only four of them) so as to overcome your fear and to enjoy the benefits of the rest of them. Knowlege will set you free. Fear thrives on ignorance...whether it be snakes...or politics. ;Þ

DrShadetree

I'm with you, when it comes to the house, barn, garage and immediate grounds around all, the only good snake is a dead one. We've been in our house 8 years, and have disposed of I guarantee 50 of them. The house was fairly well infested with mice when we moved in, once that was under control the numbers went down significantly but still too many for my taste. None so far this spring but I ran over one a mile up the road last week. Post back on the snake-away results.

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I had a snake at the door of my pole barn Sunday morning. His front half was under the pole barn floor, so I didn't see his head. He was black, with some tan spots on each side. His back was solid black. I touched his tail, and he slithered under the barn. Can you identify?

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Brad

There are only 4 types of poisonous snakes in the U.S., and they don't all live in every place. Where do you live? It should be possible, based on that, to narrow down the field to which types are in your area. Then all you have to do is learn what those look like and you are all set. If what you see is not one of the poisonous type that are where you live, then you know it's a safe type. Let me know and I will help you with some links...

Dawn (who used to work in a museum public ed department and take snakes to schools for education programs)