I have been having a problem with black snakes the past 2 years. I live in a wooded area so i know snakes are going to be around, but now i have a 2 1/2 year old playing outside a lot and i don't want him running into one. I was staking some wood this weekend and i reached up to put a few pieces on another row kinda above my head and i didn't even see him hanging out on top of the pile and i brushed my arm across him, scared the crap out of me. a few seconds later that end of the pile fell over. i attached 2 pics. he's pretty big. Last year i killed 2 bigger ones around the pile. i didn't get a change to get this one. you guys have any suggestions on keeping them away? what do you all do?
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smokinj
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soupy1957
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Doesn't thrill me to think that I might see a snake in my woodpile. Haven't seen a snake in my area for years! Yet another reason for a wood shed with a door?!
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fireview2788
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Black snakes are harmless so I would let him be. You said you brushed against him and he didn't do anything so that proves they aren't aggressive.
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weatherguy
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I dont think theres anything you can do, its a menagerie in my wood pile, I never know what Im going to find. I just let the critters be and by the winter they're gone. Theres always nests in the middle of my piles, not sure of its a squirrels nest or chipmunk, mice maybe, I just brush it aside and load the wood onto my cart.
smokinj
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I have two cats that one likes the day shift (Fat tom cat) and the small one female likes the night shift.....Seems to work out nice! Not even a rabbit in the garden this year... ;-)
mayhem
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mayhem said:
OK- that made me laugh.
I worked in a Papa Gino's in HS/college and if someone ordered just a small drink we'd say things like "You want a large works pizza with that?"
smokinj
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Adios Pantalones said:
The joke around here is you better be able to say, You want Fry's with that and can I interest you into an Apple pie! ( with the perfect additude) Because your going to have to step your game up if your going to pull it off!
smokinj
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lukem said:
Meaner the better....My tom is slow but takes on the big stuff (25lber+ ). (rabbits) the little is fricken Fast even at 3 years old (12 lbs maybe) she handles the small stuff, even down to flys. I am not really a cat person at all but those to are bad @ass! :coolgrin:
Two yers ago I had a 5 ' high stack of rough sawn cedar decking, strip piled behind an old shed. The day I went to gather it to take it to a buddy to plane it, I counted no less than 11 garder/green snakes anywhere from 12-30 inches long. I'm not afraid of snakes but 11 kinda creeped me out.
A good cat is effective rodent control, but then again there is the old saying that if you see a snake in your garden, that's a healthy garden.
A good cat is effective rodent control, but then again there is the old saying that if you see a snake in your garden, that's a healthy garden.
i don't mind black snakes around, i had one find it's way into my house last year. don't know how that happened, that was a good time, had to wake the wife up and show her. I am just worried about my boy though running around outside. don't know what he's going to do. the one that was beside his sandbox was pretty big. that's all i am worried about. i agree with everyone else i like it because of the mice. I ain't getting no cat. I hate cats, one is roaming around my house and scratch the crap out of my truck. that cat is dead now. i have one in the house that i am trying to give away. it's the wifes and i could care less about. anyway i was just trying to see what everyone does to kinda keep them away.
certified106
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jimbom
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I am not a snake guy, but my opinion is black snakes are beneficial. You will have few rodents or rodent borne diseases. I have never known anyone injured by a black snake. Young and dumb, I used to grab them. They have chewed on me and it did not require any medical attention. They won't bother you if you don't grab them or corner them.
The fact the snake was in your wood pile indicates there is sufficient prey in the area. If you got rid of this snake, the rats and mice will multiply until they attract another snake.
The fact the snake was in your wood pile indicates there is sufficient prey in the area. If you got rid of this snake, the rats and mice will multiply until they attract another snake.
golfandwoodnut
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I am not a snake lover, I would probably kill it even though they can be good. I have heard black snakes can inter bread with poisonous snakes. One made its way into the ivy around the house last year and my wife was not happy. We do have a few Copper Heads around, and that is what really scares me.
jimbom
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Speckled Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki Stejneger) kill and eat young copperheads and other vipers in Missouri. We have a big one and seldom see other snakes. If you can get a king snake, your copperhead problem will be solved.
DanCorcoran
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"I ain’t getting no cat. I hate cats, one is roaming around my house and scratch the crap out of my truck. that cat is dead now."
My neighbor's dog scratched the driver's side door on my truck. I didn't kill the dog...guess I'm not crabby enough.
My neighbor's dog scratched the driver's side door on my truck. I didn't kill the dog...guess I'm not crabby enough.
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