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How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 2:41 PM
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So ive noticed the last week there have been alot of snakes around my house. Ive killed 3 just in the past 5 days. Its unusual because i only see 2 or 3 snakes around my yard a year and ive seen that many in just the past week. Im assuming there are more out there so my question is, how do i find them and get rid of them? Every where i looked online says to get professionals out here and catch them but i don't want to pay someone to do that when i can do it myself. Any advice on what i can do will be greatly appreciated, thank you
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Remove their food source.
May 16, 2015, 2:45 PM
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It's most likely mice or rats. Remove the rodent's food source, trap and poison them and the snakes will look for better feeding grounds.
If the snakes aren't poison leave them to their business.
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^^^ was looking over my shoulder for the most correct answer***
May 16, 2015, 2:46 PM
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All my snakes are gone...
May 16, 2015, 4:22 PM
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so mine is for sale.
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Re: All my snakes are gone...
May 16, 2015, 4:24 PM
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Re: All my snakes are gone...
May 18, 2015, 7:23 AM
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Ya see? Caffeine makes a mongoose of some folks!
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what kind? mature? are they there because there's plenty
May 16, 2015, 2:46 PM
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of food? if you eliminate their food source, you'll drive them away.
i'd personally never kill a black snake or some others that serve as "pest control" so depending on where your home is located, they can be your best friend.
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Re: what kind? mature? are they there because there's plenty
May 16, 2015, 2:57 PM
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Not really sure, hate to sound dumb but i don't know much about how to determine what kind of snake it is. I know its not garden snakesor water mocassens. There all black so I'm assuming just black snakes? Well anyways you said get rid of there food supply but i don't see ever see any rodents around my yard. I just want to seek out these bast@rds and kill them all. I don't have any kids but my girlfriend babysits 2 kids a couple of times a week. They usually go outside and play in the yard, i don't want one of them to get bit
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i understand. what '88 and i was trying to point out is
May 16, 2015, 3:08 PM
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they have to eat and what they eat might well be a much bigger problem than the snake.
black snakes will clean out all the furry unwanteds in and around your home/yard, but they can be territorial when they get big and have been known to challenge people.
if you have sheds or easy access under decks, your home, hollowed out stumps, a water source - pond, lake, creek or stream, you'd wanna start with the "sheltered" areas; even thick, heavy bushes & wood piles are also worth a poke around.
you will still want to try to eliminate their food source, so putting out rodent traps isn't a bad idea since the snakes are doing that work for you and now that you've cut their numbers, the furry critters will have fewer natural enemies.
good luck and keep the area where the kids play well groomed, including the bushes.
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Re: I would keep the black snakes. They eat other snakes too.***
May 16, 2015, 3:44 PM
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I had a girlfriend whose Mom killed 3 King snakes at their summer home on Lake Session in Abbeville one summer. The next summer, there were water moccasins everywhere around the property the next summer.
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Re: I would keep the black snakes. They eat other snakes too.***
May 17, 2015, 7:30 PM
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KING SNAKES eat other snakes!! common black snakes do not!some King Snakes look a lot like black snakes; they just have narrow yellow/white bands around them. some also look like Coral snakes but there is a difference in the bands.. check the bands.. red on yellow kill a fellow.. red on black venom lack!! teach to your kids
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It's probably moles then.
May 16, 2015, 4:29 PM
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Do you have moles or soft ridges in the lawn? If you do then you need to leave the black snakes to their business. Moles are a pain in the ### to get rid of.
If you just can't stand the snakes we can still remove their food supply. I've got some magic beans that you can plant. When the beans become plants they bear more beans if the moles don't eat their roots first.
The roots of this particular bean plant is just as deadly as the beans. If you're around Greenville sometimes I'll get a few of them to you. They are dangerous. Ingested, one will kill a dog or a child, two will kill you. The snakes are safer if you have children.
I think the non country folk call them castor.
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Re: what kind? mature? are they there because there's plenty
May 16, 2015, 9:41 PM
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Why do you kill harmless snakes? The food source is probably frogs or mice. I have a farm and black snakes are outstanding to have. You should try to be more knowledgeable about snakes and not just kill every one you see. There are four poisonous snakes in this area. Cottonmouth, rattler, copperhead and coral. Coral are rare. Copperhead is most common. They strike first as a warning. Most times they won't inject venon. In fact they may not even puncture your skin. They have the ability to strike without using one or both fangs and can even strike and not inject venon. 95% of the time the hospital won't administer anti-venon for copperheads. Most poisonous snakes are pit vipers with a diamond shaped head and slit pupils. Round pupils normally means non-venomous.
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Re: what kind? mature? are they there because there's plenty
May 17, 2015, 5:55 PM
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We have numerous cottonmouths. My shepherd has killed at least 5 over the last two years. In the low country near a creek that drains into Ashley river. They have gotten her twice in her ears. Line worked great
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Re: what kind? mature? are they there because there's plenty
May 16, 2015, 4:31 PM
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Exactly!!! I'm scared to death of any brand of snake. But I have a friend that isn't, and I had him to put a black snake under my house because I was seeing mice turds under kitchen sink. The black snake was put under my house a little over a year ago, and today you can't find a mouse or a rat. For the sake of mine and my wife's hearts, I sure hope snake don't ever get in the house. That would be a sure heart attack!!!
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my father had a king fall out of tree on him when i was very
May 16, 2015, 4:34 PM
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young. he was petrified of them before and that didn't help one bit. i <3 snakes and used to bring home ring necks in my lunch box.
i was not always the favorite child.
you have good friend there, but you already know this.
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Leave them. They aren't harmful to you
May 16, 2015, 3:21 PM
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and are likely doing you a favor by eating rodents. If you dont know what you or killing or why, then why do it? Bad choice amigo.
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But if you have young kids, why take a chance?***
May 16, 2015, 3:30 PM
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I have a young child. it took little effort to contact
May 16, 2015, 4:50 PM
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Clemson Extension or consult internet or guidebooks to know whether it was a harmful snake or not. More likely to experience issues with mouse poop than you are the snakes that eat the mice. Taking a little time to know what and why you are doing something goes a long way.. also a good lesson for said young child.
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mothballs (nm)
May 16, 2015, 3:24 PM
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Re: mothballs (nm)
May 16, 2015, 9:59 PM
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They are so hard to catch and then you have to castrate them. Got to be an easier method.
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You know what mothballs smell like?
May 16, 2015, 10:02 PM
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You do? How'd you get their little legs apart?
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Re: You know what mothballs smell like?
May 17, 2015, 3:39 PM
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> You do? How'd you get their little legs apart?
Beer
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I got two cats and that took care of my snake problem. I
May 16, 2015, 3:29 PM
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live 15 miles east of the beach in Naples, out on the way to Big Cypress and the glades so there is no shortage of snakes in our area, but I haven't seen one in years.
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I'd rather have rats and snakes than, than a ### cat.***
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 3:30 PM
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depending on kind, you may not want to get rid of them
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 3:41 PM
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What kind of snakes were they? You might be better off to keep the snakes, 'cause they're probably killing all of the mice that are hanging around. (And yes, you have mice somewhere around your house or in your attic).
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Any snake in SC with a round pupil
May 16, 2015, 4:25 PM
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Is non poisonous. They should not be killed. All SC poisonous snakes have a cat's eye pupil or slit. Permission to hoe to death close to house. If it's all black it's probably a black rat snake. A King snake, nonpoisonous constrictors, kills poisonous snakes. One around the house is golden. If you were close I would save your snakes.
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good post***
May 16, 2015, 4:26 PM
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Your facts are facts
May 16, 2015, 6:42 PM
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The chances of seeing much less being bit by a coral snake are like me buying a lottery ticket. Still haven't. They are secretive. Slither away from contact. Underground most of the time. They also kill other poisonous snakes. Red by yellow will kill a fellow. Just in case. Very deadly venom. Respiratory failure.
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I didn't know SC had coral snakes.
May 16, 2015, 6:56 PM
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I thought they were all in the everglades running from pythons and boas.
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Re: I didn't know SC had coral snakes.
May 16, 2015, 6:58 PM
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yep in abou 50 yrs of working in SC woods, I have seen one coral snake
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You should be in Guiness.***
May 16, 2015, 7:06 PM
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I saw one once up around the Chatooga when I was a kid
May 16, 2015, 7:31 PM
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camping one weekend and was moving rocks around searching for bait. Thing got away from me as quickly as it could. I went back to camp too. That was back in the 70's
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Re: I saw one once up around the Chatooga when I was a kid
May 16, 2015, 7:43 PM
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doubt that was coral as that is not in their range
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38 years, and I've only seen one myself. Right after Hugo,
May 16, 2015, 9:50 PM
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It was unearthed by a bulldozer. Went back underground very quickly.
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I guess it depends
May 16, 2015, 7:10 PM
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As I spend a lot of time outdoors I see coral snakes quite a bit. In fact I would wager good money I have seen more live coral snakes than rattlesnakes. Last one I saw was when we were replacing old shrubbery at my Grandmother's house. Exposed it when we ripped up some old azaleas.
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I've killed 3 corals at my nursery in the last 6-7 years.
May 16, 2015, 10:14 PM
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I'm about 15 miles off the coast and a bit south of Charleston.
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Re: I've killed 3 corals at my nursery in the last 6-7 years.
May 16, 2015, 10:19 PM
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yep.. thats their home turf!
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Re: Wrong on the pupils
May 16, 2015, 9:42 PM
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They are rare
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Re: Any snake in SC with a round pupil
May 17, 2015, 7:38 PM
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Dang it. Every time I get close enough to see if it has round pupils, the dang thing bites me. Do snakes not read t-net???
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If you've got black snakes, you're in good shape...
May 16, 2015, 4:26 PM
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No snake in our neck of the woods wants to mess with a black snake. They also eat all sorts of critters (including other snakes) that you REALLY don't want around.
If you really want them gone, figure out what in your yard is so yummy to them. You might decide they're a whole lot better than the alternative.
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Re: If you've got black snakes, you're in good shape...
May 16, 2015, 4:54 PM
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I would rather have the black snake, than to wonder if a ### mouse or rat had been walking across my dishes or silverware. Rats and mice are the nastiest sumbitches on earth as far I'm concerned!!!
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Kill them
May 16, 2015, 4:59 PM
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get a mongoose
Or a cat..... A feral cat
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Re: Kill them
May 17, 2015, 8:06 PM
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My Rottweiler would kill all of the above as quick as he gets his mouth on them. He is so jealous and protective over me and the wife, he will attack and kill anything that comes through our fence gates if we don't put him on a leash and keep our eyes on him. He will kill our black snake also if he ever catches it out from under my house, and I'm serious!!!
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 5:06 PM
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A. Spent cat litter ( cheap way)
B. ammonium nitrate solution. (Scientific way)...but if you do take this route take extreme caution, highly explosive.
-The only difference is A. Is un- ionized. B. Is ionized. -
Long story short it will fry/ confuse/ burn there sensory preceptors. Like it does to our eyes/ nose / etc...
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And will avoid
May 16, 2015, 5:07 PM
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All areas where A. Or B. Is applied...
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This works pretty good for me...............
May 16, 2015, 5:33 PM
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#Mossberg
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Re: This works pretty good for me...............
May 16, 2015, 10:04 PM
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Heat shield not required for snakes. Amirite?
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 5:41 PM
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I agree with DP, if it's not poisonous leave them be because they get rid of frogs, toads, mice and rats. The rule around my house is if it's solid black or green or with any kind of stripe running the length of it's body let them be. They are our friend.
Venomous snakes are pit vipers and have a distinctly triangular head. But most are timid. Even rattlesnakes will run away unless your standing right on top of them. The only one's I worry about are copperheads. They'll slither right up to you and call your sister a wh@re and dare you to do anything about it. They are mean, aggressive and won't back down. One meaningful session of Hoe therapy is my suggestion for any copperhead you encounter.
Go Tigers..
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 5:45 PM
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have to disagree, copperheads are the least agressive snakes, have even had them crawl across my boots, now cottonmouths are a different story and rattlers will do all they can to avoid you, even rattling to warn you
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 5:58 PM
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> have to disagree, copperheads are the least agressive > snakes, have even had them crawl across my boots, now > cottonmouths are a different story and rattlers will > do all they can to avoid you, even rattling to warn > you
Ummm....thats sort of my point, timid snakes won't go anywhere near your boots.
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 6:00 PM
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agressive and crawling across boot is totally diferent, agressive is showing anger while doing it
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Maybe it was an angry slither.***
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 5:59 PM
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Moth balls
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get a dog or a cat***
May 16, 2015, 6:10 PM
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110%er [7598]
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 16, 2015, 7:08 PM
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Go to Lowes or Hope Depot and buy you a bag of snake repellent containing sulfur in it.....snakes will leave & not come back....Go Tigers!!!!
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just buy mothballs for 10% of the cost. Same thing.***
May 16, 2015, 7:42 PM
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 18, 2015, 1:55 PM
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No such thing as a "snake repellant" even though these products are marketed as such. "Snake repellants" are nothing more than rodenticides (moth balls) with ridiculous price tags. Sure they "repel" snakes, because the snakes' food source is eliminated.
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Lime
May 16, 2015, 7:10 PM
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apply Pelletized or Powder Lime around your property, snakes will not cross over it Mothballs around and under your home
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Orange Blooded [2904]
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Vote them out of office.***
May 16, 2015, 9:02 PM
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Re: Vote them out of office.***
May 18, 2015, 10:43 AM
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My neighbors and I have dealt with them for years here
May 16, 2015, 9:05 PM
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on Lake Murray.............Guns are our answer, and they work quite well. lol
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Re: My neighbors and I have dealt with them for years here
May 17, 2015, 4:02 PM
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Brown water snakes... harmless. I'm sure your neighbor thinks he's killing water mocs.
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Let em live, if at all possible.***
May 16, 2015, 9:24 PM
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no, no... hartins says gun 'em. what i <3 is the man showed
May 16, 2015, 9:32 PM
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up at the tigernet with a snake problem and left with a rodent infestation or worse...
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lol, I just TU'd hartins post. I'm sending mixed signals***
May 16, 2015, 9:38 PM
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.... To be clear, I don't even kill the poisonous ones. They
May 16, 2015, 9:40 PM
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Have enough problems without having to worry about me hitting them with a hoe.
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alcohol & drugs?
May 16, 2015, 9:44 PM
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maybe i should hang out with a few more snakes?
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Thanks everyone for the replies
May 17, 2015, 1:33 AM
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Really helps me out. I have learned alot just from making this post. I see some on here are a little upset that im killing black snakes as they are helpful for getting rid of rodents, i apologize for my lack of knowledge but i know from now on what kind of snakes to kill and not to kill. I was just mainly worried about them biting one of the kids. I will probably go and buy moth balls tomorrow, thanks for the help again. Go tigers.
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Re: Thanks everyone for the replies
May 17, 2015, 8:45 AM
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I think you're on top of a snake nest.
Blow up your house to prevent them from spreading and killing all the world.
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Re: Thanks everyone for the replies
May 17, 2015, 9:00 AM
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Park a small airplane in your backyard. I hear snakes love planes.
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Re: Thanks everyone for the replies
May 17, 2015, 6:10 PM
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People that shoot things without knowing what it is are complete idiots.
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They mostly come at night, mostly.
May 17, 2015, 4:49 PM
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Ask them to leave? If diplomacy doesn't work then serve eviction papers and let the courts figure it out.
Land mines work but it's not to subtle.
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 17, 2015, 7:45 PM
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Sadly my wife is terrified of ANY snake, so black snakes must go. I just use a hoe though, and have only had to kill one this year, but my neighbor killed another one next to my yard. There are lots of woods close to my house, so not sure how to prevent snakes, rodents, spiders, chipmunks, etc. from enjoying our company.
And those dang carpenter bees are trying to destroy my house. I built a bee trap and it's working, but not fast enough. The tennis racquet keeps me in practice and seems to be the best weapon of choice. I wish the snakes could eat those bees.
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 18, 2015, 10:22 AM
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My barn is going to fall in because of those dang carpenter bees. I went to the, Do it yourself place spent 89 dollars and they laughed at the crap they sold me.
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Lorena Bobbit?***
May 17, 2015, 9:38 PM
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Man's got a serious snake problem and this is your response?
May 17, 2015, 9:46 PM
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well... just in case newb tries to borrow someone's snake
May 17, 2015, 10:03 PM
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and join the party...
better to be prepared to deal with that
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Re: well... just in case newb tries to borrow someone's snake
May 18, 2015, 10:23 AM
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cute
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 18, 2015, 1:30 AM
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Fire Leggett.
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 18, 2015, 10:19 AM
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I'd MOVE
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I see you're in the low country, so if they're black/dark
May 18, 2015, 10:34 AM
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snakes and you're near water be careful they aren't cotton mouths. Cotton mouths, like most snakes, prefer to get away first and not confront you, but if cornered they will face you and open their mouth to try and scare you off.
Most any snake will prefer to not bother you, the only reason there are so many copper head bites is because their defense mechanism is to freeze so they get stepped on by us not seeing them and then they bite.
Since you're near the coast you may also encounter the eastern diamond back, although it's quite rare. There are few bites from this one cause of scarcity and it warns you away with a rattle, but it is one of the most venomous snakes and largest rattlesnake in the states.
I've read most of the responses and there's a lot of good advice in this thread. I personally will not kill a snake unless I find it inside my house/garage, because they eat a lot of bad critters and are not aggresive towards humans (at least the ones we have here). In SC we only have 6 venomous snakes to deal with, but I don't think the Pygmy rattle snake is in the low country, so that's only 5 for you.
Online image searching is always good to find out what type of snakes you're dealing with near your house. If it's not a copper head, more likely than not it's not venomous.
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Pretty much the only poisonous snakes in the Upstate are
May 18, 2015, 10:42 AM
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copperheads and timber rattlesnakes. Maybe a stray cottonmouth or coral snake but you're unlikely to encounter one.
Copperheads can be dangerous to young children, but rarely a serious issue for healthy adults. I've talked to one guy who was bitten on the lower leg by a copperhead and he was only given antibiotics.
Rattlesnakes are a horse of a different color; and with coral snakes, remember red then black, friend of Jack.
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Venomous, bob, not poisonous.
May 18, 2015, 10:46 AM
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Also, Pygmy rattlesnakes are in the upstate as well, but not as much of a threat.
I've never seen a coral snake in all my time growing up playing in the woods and hiking the state park trails. Good many copper heads, one or two timber rattlers, some cotton mouths when I've traveled down into the lower part of the state, but never a coral, diamond back, or pygmy.
Went hiking at Jones Gap yesterday and actually saw 3 snakes, 2 garter and the other was possibly either a king or queen snake based off of googling after the fact.
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Thanks for the helpful PDF, bob.
May 18, 2015, 10:58 AM
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I have printed out many copies and will distribute to mine customers
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Go east on bob, it's Monday
May 18, 2015, 10:59 AM
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maybe his googler wasn't fully awake yet
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Re: Go east on bob, it's Monday
May 18, 2015, 11:00 AM
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so manifests destinies on bob the other 6 days?
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Well obviously, otherwise you'd be taking the scenic
May 18, 2015, 11:07 AM
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underwater route to Spain
Ain't no juan gots time fo dat
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Bob, please
May 18, 2015, 11:08 AM
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no twerking.
Ever.
TIA
Unless videos of daughter of bob twerking
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Re: I think that's what I said, unless my writing
May 18, 2015, 11:18 AM
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"No cottonmouths in the upstate" =/=, != "maybe a stray"...
i know your type; you and your wily ways... strays were newb's territory.
may she rip
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?***
May 18, 2015, 10:42 AM
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Put BBQ sauce on their tails!
May 18, 2015, 1:00 PM
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Re: How to get rid of snakes?
May 18, 2015, 1:23 PM
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1) Get rid of the food source. There are probably rodents around.
2) Until you can do #1, DO NOT kill the non venomous snakes (Black Rat Snakes, Cornsnakes, Kingsnakes etc)Depending on where you live,(assuming Upstate SC) Copperheads and Timber Rattlesnakes are the only 2 venomous species you need worry about. When you kill non venomous snakes, the venomous snakes will move in on the food source that is left behind. I'd rather have my child step on a Black Rat Snake than a Copperhead. When there are non venomous species in an area, the dangerous venomous species will stay away.
3) DO NOT waste your money on expensive gimmick products like "Snake Away." There is no such thing as a "snake repellant." What these products do is kill the food source (#1)...not the snakes.
I hope this helps.
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Fire Spurlock!!!***
May 18, 2015, 7:25 PM
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Don't kill them, catch them.
May 18, 2015, 8:12 PM
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If they're poisonous, keep them until September. Then release them at the intersection of Bluff Road and George Rogers Blvd.
This is a public service announcement, no thanks necessary.
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Any rattlers? I need a new pair of boots..
May 18, 2015, 10:57 PM
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-DNT
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