Question garter snakes

clucker · 06-19-2008, 09:18 PM

I have a lot of garter snakes under my front porch. The porch is very large and I cannot access the underneath. I've tried to block off the access without any success. We have gotten too many snakes under there and it's starting to smell and my wife is freaked out by them.

I don't want to kill the snakes or get rid of all of them (keeps the bugs out) but I do need to get rid of most of them.

Does anyone have any ideas? Is there a humane trap I could build to catch and relocate them? I've caught some by hand but they are getting wise and duck for cover when they hear anyone coming.

Any help appreciated,
Thanks!

**Chad** · 06-20-2008, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clucker

Is there a humane trap I could build to catch and relocate them?

Daisy 880

J/K

**LundLover** · 06-20-2008, 09:04 AM

Call a press conference and announce the great 2008 Snake Slaughter.

Wait for PETA to show up to protest, and ask them to take them all.

Seriously, short of poisoning and or killing them, I'm not sure how you could remove them if you can't get access to the nest.

Huskeron · 06-20-2008, 10:40 AM

Mothballs will drive them out.

Jim

H2only · 06-20-2008, 11:18 AM

buy a couple of mongoose and shove them under there, the only problem is afterwards you will have a couple of really made mongoose to deal with but the snakes should be gone.

clucker · 06-20-2008, 12:42 PM

Thanks for all the great help guys

everyone's a comedian. Don't quit your day jobs, LOL

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**LundLover** · 06-20-2008, 01:37 PM

Could be worse.

My Way News - Skunks under Ohio family's home reek havoc

CanoeGuru · 06-20-2008, 01:43 PM

Could they be smoked out? Just wondering.

Referring to the above answer, how many mothballs would it take? Do mothballs eventually dissolve so you wouldn't be smelling mothballs forever after? Again, just curious.

clucker · 06-22-2008, 09:26 PM

I tried the mothball thing. They sit right next to the stuff.

Thanks anyway Huskeron!

**Mako** · 06-23-2008, 09:39 PM

I think even if you "move them away," they will come back. They are probably there because they have a food source there. If you get rid of the food source (insects and mice), you'll get rid of the snakes as well. I'd suggest trimming your lawn shorter, trimming out your bushes, and maybe laying out some rodent repellents or something like decon. Another thing you might try is to find a way under your porch and lay out something like bark or something like that. They obviously like the "bedding" you've provided for them.

And by the sounds of it, it's hard to get under there so it provides a good nesting hole for them as well.

Bottom line... get rid of the food and the habitat, and you'll get rid of the snakes.

scoots60 · 06-23-2008, 10:25 PM

I have been told you can put salt around the area you want to keep snakes away from. But there are commercial products that are available to do what you want.

Take a look at the link below.

Animal Repellents - All Natural Snake Repellent

dukewalters · 06-24-2008, 12:19 AM

most garden centers carry a bottle called snake away that i have used before and works pretty good

Alex T. · 06-26-2008, 07:47 PM

Can of gas and a match. Be ready with a hose for the house though.

I know a lady that "lines" her yard with diesel fuel(around the fence) and swears by it to keeping snakes away.

Alex

06-19-2008, 09:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
clucker Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Bend Posts: 489	garter snakes I have a lot of garter snakes under my front porch. The porch is very large and I cannot access the underneath. I've tried to block off the access without any success. We have gotten too many snakes under there and it's starting to smell and my wife is freaked out by them. I don't want to kill the snakes or get rid of all of them (keeps the bugs out) but I do need to get rid of most of them. Does anyone have any ideas? Is there a humane trap I could build to catch and relocate them? I've caught some by hand but they are getting wise and duck for cover when they hear anyone coming. Any help appreciated, Thanks! __________________ American sportsmen contribute $3million per day directly to wildlife conservation. Millions of acres of public-use land has been purchased, preserved, and maintained with this money. PETA does not pay for ANY true wildlife conservation efforts. Not one acre has been purchased or preserved by them, not even for an endangered species.

06-20-2008, 09:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
LundLover Director Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 3,325	Call a press conference and announce the great 2008 Snake Slaughter. Wait for PETA to show up to protest, and ask them to take them all. Seriously, short of poisoning and or killing them, I'm not sure how you could remove them if you can't get access to the nest. __________________ I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. - Johnny Carson

06-20-2008, 11:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
H2only Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 774	buy a couple of mongoose and shove them under there, the only problem is afterwards you will have a couple of really made mongoose to deal with but the snakes should be gone. __________________ visit here: youtube.com/watch?v=pKFKGrmsBDk 2008 Riverway Racing sponsored rider riverwayracing.com

06-20-2008, 12:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
clucker Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Bend Posts: 489	Thanks for all the great help guys everyone's a comedian. Don't quit your day jobs, LOL </IMG></IMG> __________________ American sportsmen contribute $3million per day directly to wildlife conservation. Millions of acres of public-use land has been purchased, preserved, and maintained with this money. PETA does not pay for ANY true wildlife conservation efforts. Not one acre has been purchased or preserved by them, not even for an endangered species.

06-20-2008, 01:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
LundLover Director Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 3,325	Worse Could be worse. My Way News - Skunks under Ohio family's home reek havoc __________________ I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. - Johnny Carson

06-20-2008, 10:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
Huskeron Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NW Omaha Posts: 159	Mothballs will drive them out. Jim

06-20-2008, 01:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
CanoeGuru Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 993	Could they be smoked out? Just wondering. Referring to the above answer, how many mothballs would it take? Do mothballs eventually dissolve so you wouldn't be smelling mothballs forever after? Again, just curious. __________________ "Survival depends on being able to suppress anxiety and replace it with calm, clear, quick and correct reasoning..." -Sheck Exley

06-22-2008, 09:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
clucker Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Bend Posts: 489	I tried the mothball thing. They sit right next to the stuff.Thanks anyway Huskeron! __________________ American sportsmen contribute $3million per day directly to wildlife conservation. Millions of acres of public-use land has been purchased, preserved, and maintained with this money. PETA does not pay for ANY true wildlife conservation efforts. Not one acre has been purchased or preserved by them, not even for an endangered species.

06-23-2008, 09:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mako Director Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A bit further south... Posts: 4,080	I think even if you "move them away," they will come back. They are probably there because they have a food source there. If you get rid of the food source (insects and mice), you'll get rid of the snakes as well. I'd suggest trimming your lawn shorter, trimming out your bushes, and maybe laying out some rodent repellents or something like decon. Another thing you might try is to find a way under your porch and lay out something like bark or something like that. They obviously like the "bedding" you've provided for them. And by the sounds of it, it's hard to get under there so it provides a good nesting hole for them as well. Bottom line... get rid of the food and the habitat, and you'll get rid of the snakes. __________________ "Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut."

06-23-2008, 10:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
scoots60 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alma Posts: 141	I have been told you can put salt around the area you want to keep snakes away from. But there are commercial products that are available to do what you want. Take a look at the link below. Animal Repellents - All Natural Snake Repellent __________________ "Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught."

06-24-2008, 12:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
dukewalters Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6	most garden centers carry a bottle called snake away that i have used before and works pretty good

06-26-2008, 07:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
Alex T. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: in a laydown blind Posts: 2,857	Can of gas and a match. Be ready with a hose for the house though. I know a lady that "lines" her yard with diesel fuel(around the fence) and swears by it to keeping snakes away. Alex __________________ CHECKIN' THOSE SEXY LITTLE LEGS LOOKIN' FOR IRON........

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