snake removal
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snake removal
Any tips on baiting and trapping a regular-sized (2 foot) snake? I'm not sure what kind it is, but the mother-in-law commssioned me to get rid of it, and I don't know where to start. Any ideas? 
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What color is it and any markings? Where did she see it last! I would start there. I suggest a long pole to use and start looking under stuff around the house, And a good weapon .
Be very very careful!!!
Be very very careful!!!
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A snake noose is easy to make.
Get a broomstick, tie a rope to the end. About laundry line will do... (1/4 inch)
String or fishing line is just as good, whatever you have.
Next tie a slip knot with a loop hanging down, so that when you pull the string - the noose closes. Don't make a rocket science project out of it!!!!
Just a simple half bowtie hanging from the stick works.
And then watch for the snake.
Get the loop around it's neck and pull the free end so that the loop holds it.
You can do whatever you like with it after that - barbecue it, pickle it, set it free in the inlaws basement, and so on....
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Get a broomstick, tie a rope to the end. About laundry line will do... (1/4 inch)
String or fishing line is just as good, whatever you have.
Next tie a slip knot with a loop hanging down, so that when you pull the string - the noose closes. Don't make a rocket science project out of it!!!!
Just a simple half bowtie hanging from the stick works.
And then watch for the snake.
Get the loop around it's neck and pull the free end so that the loop holds it.
You can do whatever you like with it after that - barbecue it, pickle it, set it free in the inlaws basement, and so on....
~Wolf
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If it's in the house - good luck finding him. If he's been seen in the yard and she wants him gone, put a piece of plywood down where you saw him last. Go check the next day or so. He may like it under there.
It's a waste to kill a snake, but our culture wastes everything, so if you have to go ahead. I don't fear them, and I don't see the need to kill them. I usually bare hand them, but sometimes I'll put on a glove. I've only grabbed one rattlesnake, and that was barehanded. I thought my First Sergeant was going to crap his pants when he saw what I had ahold of. He got really mad and made me put the snake back where I found it.
It's a waste to kill a snake, but our culture wastes everything, so if you have to go ahead. I don't fear them, and I don't see the need to kill them. I usually bare hand them, but sometimes I'll put on a glove. I've only grabbed one rattlesnake, and that was barehanded. I thought my First Sergeant was going to crap his pants when he saw what I had ahold of. He got really mad and made me put the snake back where I found it.
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Several years ago my Mom calls me up and says she has a gardner snake in the garage, come get it!
My mom was scared to death of snakes, didn't even want to see a picture of one.
"Where did she see it last!" - very good question.
That's where we started. They will generally stay in the same area unless hunting for food (like mice).
We started taking everything out until we found it. Just grabbed a push broom to catch it (just behind the head). Once trapped under the broom I simply dropped the head of an axe on the head, smashing it. You need to be quick because they are pretty fast. It will be coiled up so just poke at it with a second broom or something to get it to strike out - they have no teeth - then trap it. (It may take 2 or three brooms) - MAKE SURE IT'S A GARDNER SNAKE FIRST!!
Mom had gotten herself a motel room and swore she wouldn't come back until it was gone (I believed her!). I threw the snake in an empty jar for proof.
Good luck.
My mom was scared to death of snakes, didn't even want to see a picture of one.
"Where did she see it last!" - very good question.
That's where we started. They will generally stay in the same area unless hunting for food (like mice).
We started taking everything out until we found it. Just grabbed a push broom to catch it (just behind the head). Once trapped under the broom I simply dropped the head of an axe on the head, smashing it. You need to be quick because they are pretty fast. It will be coiled up so just poke at it with a second broom or something to get it to strike out - they have no teeth - then trap it. (It may take 2 or three brooms) - MAKE SURE IT'S A GARDNER SNAKE FIRST!!
Mom had gotten herself a motel room and swore she wouldn't come back until it was gone (I believed her!). I threw the snake in an empty jar for proof.
Good luck.
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Get a goat. Goats eat snakes..... soda cans...... cigarette butts.... car tires. Hey come to think of it a goat will eat anything! No more snake and a clean yard. No grass..... but clean dirt.
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Fire. Lots of it.
Actually, she should be able to call animal control. They can take care of it.
EDIT: Go to a tatoo shop, and find one of those creepy guys that like snakes, and have him take care of it.
XXL
Actually, she should be able to call animal control. They can take care of it.
EDIT: Go to a tatoo shop, and find one of those creepy guys that like snakes, and have him take care of it.
XXL
