Snake Deterrent
Does anyone have any good snake deterrent suggestions. I live on a semi rural acreage and in the past 2 weeks have had 3 brown snakes on the property, 1 under my deck and 2 in my pool area. The second one was around 1 metre long and was approx 2 metre's from the pool while Mrs LL and kids were in there. As our block is semi rural I don't expect to be able to prevent wildlife living there, but would like to stop snakes from being around these 2 areas.
Thanks LL |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by Loch Lomond
(Post 5544161)
Does anyone have any good snake deterrent suggestions. I live on a semi rural acreage and in the past 2 weeks have had 3 brown snakes on the property, 1 under my deck and 2 in my pool area. The second one was around 1 metre long and was approx 2 metre's from the pool while Mrs LL and kids were in there. As our block is semi rural I don't expect to be able to prevent wildlife living there, but would like to stop snakes from being around these 2 areas.
Thanks LL The other thing to consider is the food chain. Do you have chickens? Chicken food brings rats, brings snakes, etc. WW |
Re: Snake Deterrent
We have a cat rather than a dog, we got that as we had mice a couple of years ago. None since we got the cat though:thumbup:
We don't have any other animals and we do keep the block tidy (grass short, no piles of logs etc etc). I did see a product called "ShooSnake" on the internet but not sure how effective these types of products actually are. Snakes are something I have learned to live with since moving here but am a bit concerned we now have them around areas the kids are playing (and making a fair bit of noise). |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by Loch Lomond
(Post 5544394)
We have a cat rather than a dog, we got that as we had mice a couple of years ago. None since we got the cat though:thumbup:
We don't have any other animals and we do keep the block tidy (grass short, no piles of logs etc etc). I did see a product called "ShooSnake" on the internet but not sure how effective these types of products actually are. Snakes are something I have learned to live with since moving here but am a bit concerned we now have them around areas the kids are playing (and making a fair bit of noise). |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by Loch Lomond
(Post 5544161)
Does anyone have any good snake deterrent suggestions. I live on a semi rural acreage and in the past 2 weeks have had 3 brown snakes on the property, 1 under my deck and 2 in my pool area. The second one was around 1 metre long and was approx 2 metre's from the pool while Mrs LL and kids were in there. As our block is semi rural I don't expect to be able to prevent wildlife living there, but would like to stop snakes from being around these 2 areas.
Thanks LL |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Talking of snakes did anyone read this??I don`t know that I`d be taking photos of the thing just after it swallowed the family pet!!
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/stor...008620,00.html |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Definitely short grass and nothing left lying around that could be a nice cool shelter - old logs etc. We are sort of semi rural and been here two years. I've still not seen a snake. Gravel is good too. They can't slither over it.
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Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by gobbyjock
(Post 5544735)
Talking of snakes did anyone read this??I don`t know that I`d be taking photos of the thing just after it swallowed the family pet!!
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/stor...008620,00.html |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Where can I get some guinea fowl ? Do they need much maintenance ??!
Originally Posted by annqldau
(Post 5544664)
Noise, short grass, guinifowl, Australian terrier, 12 bore, vacuum cleaner (my first line of defense now for little snakes) and runaway works well.
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Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by Bix
(Post 5544818)
I understand the snake only swallowed the cat to catch the mice.
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Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by Loch Lomond
(Post 5544161)
Does anyone have any good snake deterrent suggestions. I live on a semi rural acreage and in the past 2 weeks have had 3 brown snakes on the property, 1 under my deck and 2 in my pool area. The second one was around 1 metre long and was approx 2 metre's from the pool while Mrs LL and kids were in there. As our block is semi rural I don't expect to be able to prevent wildlife living there, but would like to stop snakes from being around these 2 areas.
Thanks LL Ive heard other people say that they keep sharp spades for this reason by their doors too...how did you get rid of yours?? |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Got rid of the first with a shovel, second was with a whippersnipper and the 3rd, depsite our attempts, made a run (or should that be slither) for it under a brushwood fence.
The suggestion by Moneypen to use gravel sounds good. I'll give that a shot. |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by Loch Lomond
(Post 5548112)
Got rid of the first with a shovel, second was with a whippersnipper and the 3rd, depsite our attempts, made a run (or should that be slither) for it under a brushwood fence.
The suggestion by Moneypen to use gravel sounds good. I'll give that a shot. snakes also keep down the mice population. Your pool is probably attracting the snakes. |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Did you know that it is illegal to kill snakes and that you can get fined over $5K if you get caught
here is a deterrant |
Re: Snake Deterrent
Originally Posted by Loch Lomond
(Post 5544161)
Does anyone have any good snake deterrent suggestions. I live on a semi rural acreage and in the past 2 weeks have had 3 brown snakes on the property, 1 under my deck and 2 in my pool area. The second one was around 1 metre long and was approx 2 metre's from the pool while Mrs LL and kids were in there. As our block is semi rural I don't expect to be able to prevent wildlife living there, but would like to stop snakes from being around these 2 areas.
Thanks LL BB:thumbsup: |
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