O/T - Snakes

notjustair · Jun 30, 2011

I have some issues with snakes (rat snakes) getting into the basement, crawlspace, and attic of my house. It's a 100 year old house, so I doubt I will be able to find every hole, but I have been trying. There are springs on the farm - behind the barn and one in the hog pen - so there are always going to be snakes. I DON'T WANT THEM IN THE HOUSE. The cats will kill them if they see them, but I want something that will repel them. I know that making sure there aren't any mice is part of it, but is there anything I can put in the yard or around the house that will help?

dej(Jed) · Jun 30, 2011

(quoted from post at 11:51:29 06/30/11) I have some issues with snakes (rat snakes) getting into the basement, crawlspace, and attic of my house. It's a 100 year old house, so I doubt I will be able to find every hole, but I have been trying. There are springs on the farm - behind the barn and one in the hog pen - so there are always going to be snakes. I DON'T WANT THEM IN THE HOUSE. The cats will kill them if they see them, but I want something that will repel them. I know that making sure there aren't any mice is part of it, but is there anything I can put in the yard or around the house that will help?

There are a ton of snake repellants, go to Goggle and type it in. Liquid fence works well.

CLTX · Jun 30, 2011

When you have rat snakes, you have rats/mice. By the way, they make good pets.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 30, 2011

I'd love to have a few blacksnakes.... There are 2 snakes (one poison and one non) in our area and a legless lizard. Not many of either except for the legless lizards. Was always nice to know blacksnakes were around....

fixerupper · Jun 30, 2011

We used to have a little garter snake that came in the house somehow and lived in the basement. We just left it alone to eat crickets down there. It did get upstairs twice and I carried it back down to the basement.

Along that note. Marilyn got this air freshener that shoots a shot of stuff out whenever it senses motion. It's above the washing machine right before the basement stairs. She didn't tell me about it and for the first couple of days I couldn't figure out what that hiss was when I went to the basement. I even got the flashlight out and checked behind the washing machine for a snake. Finally my son told me it makes him jump everytime he walks past that air freshener, so then I knew but it still raises my heart rate a bit. Jim

bobs old iron · Jun 30, 2011

the cats figures they taste like chicken.lol

Tony in Mass. · Jun 30, 2011

The snakes would not go in your house if there was nothing to eat. You have mice. Which would you rather have? Snakes are creepy, but they are clean and don't carry desease or fill your walls and attic with droppings. Get rid of the mice. the snakes will disappear too.

Big Irish · Jun 30, 2011

I was told by a pest guy to use moth balls, he said they don't like them. Good Luck

CAROGATOR · Jun 30, 2011

all the snake repellents seem to be based on moth ball ingredients. use moth balls

Anonymous-0 · Jun 30, 2011

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Rusty wheel · Jun 30, 2011

I would try using some lime.

O/T - Snakes

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