How do you get rid of snakes around your property?

[SamSpade]

I mean, really.
Neighbors are PROBABLY partly to blame, they had a few piles of wood which became infested with them. Copperheads, actually.

They have since gotten rid of all of the potential nests, but I've no doubt their appearance on my property has something to do with that.

 

[Kyle]

Black Snakes.

I've heard having them around keeps copperheads away.

 

[SamSpade]

Heard that too - don't know how to sell that idea to my wife, and she told ME that.

Repellent? Pets? Garlic? Onions? Mothballs?

 

[Kyle]

Heard that too - don't know how to sell that idea to my wife, and she told ME that.

Repellent? Pets? Garlic? Onions? Mothballs?

I heard the mothball/mothflake thing a long time ago but never saw any indication it worked.

 

[phreddyp]

It seems like its a banner year for copperheads I've seen them in places I've never seen them before . I have caught a few of them with the glue traps for snakes or mice .

 

[StadEMS3]

I have yet to see any copperheads around my place but black snakes are definatly on the rise. Somehow 2 got into my house over the last few days! (they were safely relocated outside)

 

[GURPS]

The only snakes around National Harbor have 2 legs

 

[sweetpetutie]

Lime, mothballs, snake repellent, they are just OK to keep them out of some areas. Problem is, when you put it around to keep snakes away, if there are already some in the area, they're not going anywhere.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

They follow the food, get rid of their food source and they will go away.

 

[TPD]

Moth balls are to get rid of the mice which attract snakes. I've heard putting a lime strip around your house like they do on ball fields will keep snakes out - apparently they don't like the feel of the lime as they slither across. The sticky traps for snakes works as well based on customer feedback. There is also a product called snake-a-way. We sell some but not a lot so I'm guessing it is not that effective.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Moth balls are to get rid of the mice which attract snakes. I've heard putting a lime strip around your house like they do on ball fields will keep snakes out - apparently they don't like the feel of the lime as they slither across. The sticky traps for snakes works as well based on customer feedback. There is also a product called snake-a-way. We sell some but not a lot so I'm guessing it is not that effective.

"This product contains naphthalene (7%) and sulfur (28%) as its active ingredients. Snake-A-Way has greater than 91% repellency rate for rattlesnakes and garter snakes."

Snake-a-way

I've always heard to get rid of their food source. If you can stand the aroma of moth balls, you can drive away the snake's reason for hanging around.

 

[DoWhat]

Get rid of brush.

 

[Merlin99]

Black Snakes.

I've heard having them around keeps copperheads away.

doesn't get rid of them so much as converts them snake poop.

 

[SamSpade]

Thanks. We've never had a problem with them before, but my wife and daughters are bothered because a baby copperhead was on our back door welcome mat. I don't think it could have been eight inches long, but my youngest is afraid to go outside.

We don't have any brush or food sources, and I do think this is just a snake who lost his home when the neighbors got rid of all the brush and wood piles THEY had. I just want to make sure they don't get any ideas.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Thanks. We've never had a problem with them before, but my wife and daughters are bothered because a baby copperhead was on our back door welcome mat. I don't think it could have been eight inches long, but my youngest is afraid to go outside.

We don't have any brush or food sources, and I do think this is just a snake who lost his home when the neighbors got rid of all the brush and wood piles THEY had. I just want to make sure they don't get any ideas.

You most likely have food sources, mice, frogs, large bugs etc.

How do you know it was a baby copperhead? they are hard to ID as babies.

 

[Grumpy]

Thanks. We've never had a problem with them before, but my wife and daughters are bothered because a baby copperhead was on our back door welcome mat. I don't think it could have been eight inches long, but my youngest is afraid to go outside.

We don't have any brush or food sources, and I do think this is just a snake who lost his home when the neighbors got rid of all the brush and wood piles THEY had. I just want to make sure they don't get any ideas.

Baby Black Snakes look alot like copperheads..

 

[Sneakers]

Baby Black Snakes look alot like copperheads..

Yeah. I accidentally raked one out of the bushes, thought it was a copperhead and beat it up. Later realized it was a small black snake.

 

[Gilligan]

Yeah. I accidentally raked one out of the bushes, thought it was a copperhead and beat it up. Later realized it was a small black snake.

murderer

 

[SamSpade]

You most likely have food sources, mice, frogs, large bugs etc.

How do you know it was a baby copperhead? they are hard to ID as babies.

It had the coloring of a copperhead - and it was logical, since I get almost daily reports from my neighbors about copperheads in her woodpile which is about 20 yards from my back door.

But it also doesn't matter, since I don't want snakes near or especially IN, my house.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

It had the coloring of a copperhead - and it was logical, since I get almost daily reports from my neighbors about copperheads in her woodpile which is about 20 yards from my back door.

But it also doesn't matter, since I don't want snakes near or especially IN, my house.

Most "copperheads" aren't btw. Show a snake to most folks around here and they will ID it as a copperhead.