how to get rid of rattlesnakes in your yard?

Answer 1

Put up snake-proof mesh screening or nylon tarps all around your yard. You can attach it to your existing fence and weight the bottom with rocks or bury it in cement. A concrete wall can work, but that gets really expensive! Good luck - I've got a friend who lives in Arizona who has to be VERY careful when he lets his dogs out in the morning!

Answer 2

1. Kingsnakes do eat snakes, but a.) eat all kinds of snakes and avoid big snakes- like the more dangerous rattlers, and b.) no one kingsnake eats too many snakes period- only about 1 every week or so.

2. Bullsnakes do not eat other snakes, but will compete for food with the rattlers- but so will any other rodent eater, like cats.

3. Pigs are great for eating snake- even rattlers.

4. Best answer- control food and habitat.
- eliminate hiding spaces- piles of rocks or lumber, brish piles, etc.
- minimize the rodent population one way or the other. Traps, poisons, rodent eating animals...

5. Your local extension service probably has some ideas as well.

6. Mothballs and most readily available 'snake repellents' do not work in this situation- if at all.

Answer 3

Ive heard that a rattlesnake won't crawl over a good old fashioned rope. Had an old uncle who lived near Yosemite in CA and always had legnths of rope around his yard, I never saw a snake on the property.

Answer 4

How To Repel Rattlesnakes

Answer 5

THere is no method, you could call pest control and see if they will relocate them. I do know that a full grown kingsnake will kill off an infestation of rattlesnakes with relative ease. They love to eat them, they actually seek them out and prefer them over other snakes and lizards. You could buy a couple and release them in your yard, but they run around $100 at that size.

Answer 6

This might sound crazy, but I did it and it worked. I had copperheads, and bought a local king snake. I got a 4 foot speckled king snake. I released it, and have never seen it again, except for the time the grass exploded becuase he had found and was attacking a copperhead. I have also noted that all my copperheads are gone. I'm rather pleased. Check what local king snake species you have. Where I live, we have prairie king snakes, speckled king snakes, and red milk snakes. All are members of the Lampropeltus genus, eat other snakes, immune to snake venom, scare off other snakes, and are hardly ever seen after release. I know it sounds crazy, but I put one out, and the smell it gave off alone was all I needed to keep the copperheads away. Put an ad in your newspaper, look on the web, whatever. Sites like www.reptileauctions.com will usually have some for sale. Look under milk and king snakes. You'll want to have a minimum of a three foot long adult. Please follow my method. You'll never have to worry about playing with a dead snake body that can still bite.

Answer 7

Snakes: just hearing the word makes people cringe. Benign species such as gopher, grass and garter snakes benefit the garden by eating destructive rodents. The beautiful king snake will actually kill and eat rattle snakes. If you just can't abide the idea of having snake in your yard, here are some ways to keep them out.

Steps:
1. Eliminate habitat. Snakes require heat to digest their food. Dry, rocky locations are havens to most kinds of snakes. Be aware when walking near wood piles and large, flat areas of concrete.

2. Remove hiding places. Snakes are shy creatures. When not hunting, snakes will hide in wood piles, among flower pots and under garden debris.

3. Keep rodents under control. A hungry snake searching for food will follow its stomach. To control rodents keep pet food indoors, garbage cans tightly sealed and vegetable gardens harvested.

4. Erect snake proof fencing around your garden. A low fence only 2 to 3 feet high and made of fine wire mesh will prevent snakes from entering.

Overall Tips:
Commercial snake repellants have been proven to be useless.

Call in professional animal control firms or your local animal control office to remove unwanted snakes from your property.


Overall Warnings:
Do not handle snakes unless you know exactly what variety you are dealing with. Even baby rattlesnakes are extremely dangerous.

Answer 8

Call animal control. They will remove the snakes for you safely. Don't try kill the snakes. It's not the snakes fault. Most of the people who get bitten by snakes get bitten because they tried to kill it. If you're close enough to hit it with a shovel you're in strike range. After you get rid of them you can either spread moth balls in your yard or the sell a product called snake away that you can use.

Answer 9

Bull snakes released on your property will also help control rattlers and mice too. Also, if you're rural and don't mind the mess chickens will kill snakes as well. Chickens are messy though. I live in the country with high rattler population. I rescue Bull snakes in town and release them at home, and also have chickens. I never see a rattler around my place. Also, as advised before keep debri and snake hiding places cleaned up

Answer 10

Get a whole lot of moth balls and put them around the yard. It won't be long before every type of snake has left your yard.