Sunday, January 15, 2012

What is the best defense against snakes in your yard and flower garden?

In New England we mostly have garter snakes. For these and other harmless snakes, the best defense is educating yourself and your family to what the snake actually does FOR you (it eats bugs! Yay snakes!) and to the fact that this kind of snake doesn't hurt people.



That said, snakes like areas where they can hide. Any area with lots of cover will do, and flower beds have cover for snakes. I suspect they don't like being repeatedly chased and will stay away from an area where they feel unsafe. But if they are in your garden you probably have snake food in your garden (bugs or little frogs) and the way to discourage the snakes would be to get rid of the bugs... which is what the SNAKES are doing for you... so if they are harmless types then letting them co-exist in your garden is A Good Thing.
What is the best defense against snakes in your yard and flower garden?
I like snakes in my garden and I encourage them., they eat mice, grasshoppers and other creatures. I also have Rabbits, birds and frogs that share my landscape with me. Why would you not want to keep the harmony?
Reply:Snake a way
Reply:camphor balls...but you can't use them if you have dogs or little kids who might eat them.
Reply:main thing is in area where you have a lot of snakes keep the grass cut short and the flower beds well weeded. but remember they are very few snakes in the us that live in humid climates that are harmful (except for heart attack) or (getting hurt from fainting) -- i aways have a one or two black snakes in my yard most all summer long. believe me when i say they run from me not toward me.
Reply:Snakes are good. Some eat slugs,in part, %26amp; mammalian critters, %26amp; birds , are generally scared of 'em . There is such a thing as snake repellent . The active ingredient is Lauryl sulfate (deodorant) in a liquified form.
Reply:a medium or large bread dog works pretty good. If that doesn't work an old fashion shotgun will do the trick every time.
Reply:There are NO known snake repellents!!! The boys at Colorado State tested them all and found nothing. They can be herded and trapped and of course a good dog and shotgun. Rattle snake round-ups are common here in the Dakotas and other plains states. But something strange is happening to the snakes, very few rattle anymore as a defense strategy. It"s this rattle sound you hear, before you even see them, that guides you to them. If they don't rattle we walk right past and these quiet snakes give rise to more quiet ones. High speed evolution. RScott

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