I live in South Florida and lately have had quite a few Black Snake visits in my Screened-in Pool and Lanai area. They get in somehow (probably squeeze under the doors) and can't get out!
Just yesterday it took me about an hour to get one out (long extension pole). I have 2 little Yorkies that usually sniff them out as I have a lot of planters in this area where they can hide.
Black snakes are good and I'm not freaked out by them, but I don't want them so close. I leave my outside doors open all the time and just don't want them coming into the house.
When I told a friend about this the other day...he told me that snakes sometimes keep coming back to a certain location and that I should probably try to get them out of the pool cage and throw them into the canal so that the tide carries them away?????? I don't know how a person could ever do this unless they grabbed it (which I'm not prepared to do).
Anybody have any ideas? Is this really true?
2007-02-23 13:52:10 · 4 answers · asked by Kathleen G 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I live in Miami, and I HATE snakes. Thank good I don't see them around my house. I have my dogs in the back yard, so I guess they take care of those things for me.
However I do know of a trick that they use in central america. I don't know how comfortable you will be in doing it, but here it is.
If you take a rope (the ones that are beige and rough) and you put it around your screen porch, this will prevent the snakes from crossing in.
I don't know what it is, but it is true. I have heard it is because they think it is a bigger snake, so they stay away. Others say it is because the rope is rough and it scratches their belly, so they don't go over it.
Good Luck!
Geraldyne
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2007-02-23 13:59:07 · answer #1 · answered by gjmite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black rat snakes and rattlesnakes do no longer, won't, and would possibly no longer flow breed. different than the certainty that the two are snakes, they do no longer seem to be even remotely appropriate. What you heard became an previous different halves tale this is repeated by utilising ignorant those with a want for drama. in case you insist on rejecting certainty and believing the "ranger" anyhow, this is your project i think.
2016-09-29 13:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put moth crystals in the hiding areas and the pathways the snakes use to get there. They won't like the smell. Make sure that children and/or pets can't get to them, and you'll have to replenish them to keep up the protection till the snakes get a different idea on where to nest.
2007-02-23 14:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by faireminded1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that Florida has many animal services both public & private (especially due to aligators & such). Call a specialty service & let them deal with it...I think it would be easier for you & they could give you advice on how to deal with this problem in the future.....& you do know you're not alone in Fla. with this 'sitch!!! Good luck!!
2007-02-23 14:03:59 · answer #4 · answered by PAMELA G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋