help i have a snake attack at my house!!?

Question

ok so i have now found 2 snakes in my house. any ideas of how to keep them from getting in. our house is old so sealing it is not an option i am thinking like a spray or something. they are gardener snakes and they are gross.

Answer 1

I am not going to be able to sleep tonight. I would certainly check around for any opening the snakes are getting into. Is it possible you had a momma snake get in and now the babies are moving around.

I could loan you a couple of my dogs they are having a blast tearing up the garter snakes. No one on the block is going to have any within a couple of weeks.

Answer 2

Snakes are NOT "gross"; just because something isn't furry and fuzzy does not mean it's bad! The snakes are most likely Ratsnakes, which are harmless, since this species is the one that is most likely to wind up inside a human dwelling in North America. There is nothing you can spray that won't hurt YOU, since unlike insects, snakes have the same respiratory system that us mammals do. And how exactly does this qualify as a "snake ATTACK?" Just because you see an animal doesn't mean it attacked you, since "attack" means that the animal deliberately went after you and inflicted serious bodily harm upon you. Neither a Ratsnake nor a Garter(there's no such thing as a "gardener" snake; snakes do not plant or tend gardens)is capable of inflicting anything worse than a slight scratch even if it did bite. The snakes are there because their FOOD-mice or rats-is there, so getting rid of the rodents will force the snakes to leave and seek food elsewhere. Old houses attract rodent pests, though, so that is easier said than done, and for this you might to need to call an exterminator. In some places, there are people such as myself who will go get snakes out of houses, but it's still better to simply make the house less attractive to them in the first place, or learn to get over what is really, for the most part, a very pointless and ridiculous fear based on ignorance and superstition and accept these new house guests. At least they won't chew holes in your clothes and furniture, defecate all over YOUR food, eat your food, gnaw through your electrical wiring creating dangerous shorts, keep you awake all night with their running and chewing, carry potentially deadly diseases, spread fleas and lice, aggravate allergies and all the other nasty things that wild rodents will do, and they will help take care of the rodent problem for free.

Answer 3

Garter snakes are pretty small and definitely harmless. It's very difficult to keep snakes away and you might not want to if you think about what the snakes eat for you. The fact that you're finding them dead is much more curious since it's not all that easy to kill snakes. It may be more likely a snake got into the house to have babies and they never could get out and died. It depends where in the house you found them, how large they were, and how long they had been dead. Baby garter snakes are only about 4 - 6 inches long so they could get in and out to get food and water. Once they get a bit larger that might not be so easy but even adult garter snakes are relatively small so the longest one might be 2 feet but they're very thin as snakes go. Your best bet might be to call someone like a pest removal service or exterminator and see what they have to say.

You CAN plug up all the holes you can find fairly easily and it will help. Believe me I've been where you are. We moved to VT from Long Island and were very surprised to find skunks in our dirt floor basement, porcupines eating the siding off the barn, snakes in the well and more shocks for "down country" people coming to the boonies. I like that the snakes keep the mice down so I wasn't as worried about them. I mean no one wants a snake in their house but mice will be walking through your cupboard where your food is a snake won't. Mice will be in your bedroom running about a snake won't. Mice will live in a drawer where you keep clothes or linens, a snake won't so if I have to choose I'll take the snake as long as he isn't in the middle of the house. Our dog got very good at killing the snakes and she was only a little beagle. She just grabbed em and snap their necks and throw them all over. Sprays aren't very effective on snakes but you could do something along the footprint of the house like an exterminator does.

Answer 4

well, unfortunately without sealing the house there is no sure fire way of doing it... i have heard (only heard) that moth balls will work for just about any thing.... keeping moths out of clothes snakes and mice out of houses. Ive never tried it, or know of their negative side effects either. you can also try making your house less desirable, keeping your yard clean and tidy (like debris, large flat objects off the ground where they like to hide. Food, (that could attract mice) etc. They are secretive by nature and the occasional piece of ply wood on the ground is ideal for a snake to use as shelter. Garter snakes in general primarily feed on fish, so Im assuming you have a creek or pond or something nearby with standing or slow moving water in it. They also like small frogs (like tree frogs) or even the occasional baby anole (small izard found in the souther states if your there) or other smaller sized lizard or skink.

Answer 5

try not killing em. Some "Garters" are actually on the endangered list. Hell alot of snakes are. Just call your local animal removle and get them relocated... there not "attacking" you you by the way... the snakes have been around longer than us. I don't think there intentionally trying to harm or scare you.

Answer 6

call a animal control place and maybe they will know what to do, I never heard of snakes coming in the house before. and I hate garden snakes, and all snakes on top of that. good luck.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I know I completely moved out of a house by myself , because snakes kept coming inside. I honestly don't know what to tell you to do, I honestly don't think that getting a cat will help you because I had a cat and they still came in.

Answer 9

Think about it--if they're there, what are they eating? You don't want to just get rid of a predator without getting rid of the prey.

I'd leave them, or if you're just totally icked out (which I think you should get over, but I know it's tough!) you might try putting up screening (you can get rolls of fabric-type screening at, say, home-improvement stores for not too much.)

But do mind the fact that you have some sort of prey for them. It may be in your yard...or it may be closer than you think!

Answer 10

Get a cat. Gardener snakes are completely harmless - but creepy nonetheless.