Moth balls = no snakes???

[ChelseysChicken]

Have had more banded water snakes brought to me dead than I care to see again. You really don't need to ask someone again, just look up a photo on google to compare!! You'll see the differences right away.

Ok. Gotcha! no need to get snippy,geez. Not everyone has the time or want to get educated on snakes,and I meant THANKS for the info!

 

[jesirose]

I owned a snake, I'm still scared of wild ones I can't identify. I simply wear long pants, boots and gloves (if I need). We saw a snake on our new pasture so we cleared the area we wanted to walk in so it wouldnt hang out in long weeds, and hoped it wouldn't bother us.

 

[Sparrow]

Ok. Gotcha! no need to get snippy,geez. Not everyone has the time or want to get educated on snakes,and I meant THANKS for the info!

Actually, I found the water snake pictures for you after just a couple minutes of searching "harmless snakes of Texas", which was how I referenced your photo. It really takes just a minute to learn these things, and why not learn them so you don't have to deal with the uncertainty and fear whenever you come across a snake?

 

[Luces1fc]

Anyone want me to test this? Name a few different things, and i can see if different snakes seem to have any issues with crawling past it. I have like 14 snakes right now so I'd have a decent sized test group.

What about cinnamon oil? They snakes don’t like strong smells.

 

[Penpal]

Snakes do smell. That's what all that tongue flicking is about. They don't use their nose, they have a Jacobson's organ on the roof of their mouth and the tongue brings in particles in the air and then touches the Jacobson's organ.

I have garter snakes and rat snakes. Never seen a large one. Neither are venomous. Garter snakes eat grasshoppers and rat snakes eat mice. My chickens will kill the small snakes, but I don't think they would tackle a big one.

Moth balls are poisonous, so keep them away from your pets.