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Snake attack
By: Arrowslinger Date: June 20, 2013, 2:34 am
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Hey folks any ideas on keeping snakes away?
I came home yesterday to a five foot black snake inside the loft
and four dead young. I have read pepper spray and moth balls
keep snakes away, anyone have ideas?
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Re: Snake attack
By: lew3015 Date: June 20, 2013, 8:29 am
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A 12ga shotgun works good too, I hate Snakes all kinds and
types. :o
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Re: Snake attack
By: Ross Howard Date: June 20, 2013, 1:24 pm
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Sprinkle white lime liberally on the ground around the perimeter
of the coop. Replace after rain or as needed. Keeps raccoons &
other critters away as well. Good for grass.
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Re: Snake attack
By: slvrollers Date: June 20, 2013, 2:03 pm
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Modify your loft so they cant get in. Eliminate any holes that
they can get in. use small wire mesh on any openings so they
cant get in.
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Re: Snake attack
By: Arrowslinger Date: June 23, 2013, 11:28 am
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Well I destroyed the snake after seeing it had only ripped open
the crops of the youngsters >:(
I put out moth balls all over the wooded area behind the loft
and a container under it with moth balls. The bottom is solid so
no fear of the loft filling with the poison.
I also trimmed up some hiding places around the loft.
Looks like he entered through a trap so in time I will be
building a wire partition I can place over those when I am away
from loft.
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Re: Snake attack
By: Cliff Ball Date: July 2, 2013, 9:50 am
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Lowe's Hardware makes a product called "Snake Away" that I have
used for several years. It's a little pricey, but effective....
Cliff
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Re: Snake attack
By: Arrowslinger Date: July 3, 2013, 2:23 am
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Yea Cliff in my research that always came up and its main
ingredient is indeed the same as mothballs plus some sulfur. I
read a funny article a guy wrote slamming all snake repellents
commercial and home made, I googled his name and found out he
was a snake breeder ::)
The general consensuses is the moth ball stuff drives away rats
and mice thus snakes do not want to live and hunt there or, they
have a thing called a jacobson gland that the ingredient
irritates.
I put out the mothballs and a layer of tidy cat litter in the
clean out trays, I figure the clean fresh smelling litter will
keep the loft fresh smelling covering dropping odor which may
attract snakes?
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