Snake trapping

[czechsonofagun]

Interesting you should bring that up. My dogs have a fairly large run area and they are the ones finding the snakes. It starts off with a barking (snake bark... yes we can hear the difference in their barks...) fit that gets one of us running to the pen. The snake is usually curled and defensive which makes relocation easier.

So far, no dogs have been bitten, but we have a pack (3). The dogs obviously confuse the snake. One on one, I doubt we would have the same results.

-Mike Z.

We have great pyreneese and two airedales and so far so good. But once Montmorency went after a snake on a hiking trail. Never saw them dealing with a snake on our land - and we have what would you call a snake haven with pond, woods, creek and a pond right next door - hundreds and hundreds of frogs.
From my experience, airedales will kill or attack everything whats moving.

 

[txdon]

Snake trapping 101:

Lay a wall along the ground of any type of solid material like tin or the fabric that they use to control erosion at construction/road projects, etc. The wall should be about 1 1/2' to 2' tall. At the end of the wall bury a garbage can or similar object. The snake will travel along the wall until he falls into the container buried in the ground.

This is the way they taught us at the wildlife meeting. I have not tried it but they say it works. You have to check it daily to remove the good wildlife you wish to keep.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Snake trapping 101:

Lay a wall along the ground of any type of solid material like tin or the fabric that they use to control erosion at construction/road projects, etc. The wall should be about 1 1/2' to 2' tall. At the end of the wall bury a garbage can or similar object. The snake will travel along the wall until he falls into the container buried in the ground.

This is the way they taught us at the wildlife meeting. I have not tried it but they say it works. You have to check it daily to remove the good wildlife you wish to keep.

Thank you, I will give it a shot.

 

[pappy19]

My neighbor had a big rat snake in his basement that he could never catch. I told him to buy a mouse from the pet store and tie a cord and a "O" fishhook around the mouse. Next day, he had a caught snake.

 

[hudlow]

Get some hogs.
They'll kill your snakes and then eat 'em!

hud

 

[phxraptor]

My neighbor had a big rat snake in his basement that he could never catch. I told him to buy a mouse from the pet store and tie a cord and a "O" fishhook around the mouse. Next day, he had a caught snake.

Hollow out an egg and put a treble hook inside tie off to some heavy line.Works like a charm.Snakes love eggs.

 

[TrippleT]

Hudlow is right, hogs will do snakes in.

 

[hudlow]

Hudlow is right, hogs will do snakes in.

Years ago they built a lake up here in the mountains and there was a hill in the middle of the area that was to be flooded that turned into an island when the water came up.

All the snakes in the area migrated to that island as the water rose and this island which was about 10 - 12 acres of prime real estate was basically uninhabitable because of the snake infestation. No one wanted to or really knew how to tackle this snake problem until an old guy in a rowboat took about a dozen hogs over to this island and left them for about a year.

The hogs killed all the snakes and thrived on the island, and to this day that multi-million dollar piece of real estate is, to the dismay of all the well-to-do folks living there, known as Hog Island even though the hogs are long gone....

hud

 

[jbrumberg]

As long as they still have natural habitat and are not looking for food and/or water; a lot of commotion usually sends them "packing". Jay

 

[RollingsFarms]

i like the hog idea.....kill the snakes, then kill the hogs, then have a bar-b-que