Thread: Rattlesnakes! What to do?

OK, so it all started with my sister (who recently moved in with me) wanting her satellite hooked up to her room...

As it turns out, I need to go under the house via the crawlspace. The black widows and giant house spiders are of no concern to me, until I get to the area underneath my house that is DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH WHERE I SLEEP EVERY NIGHT and I meet Mr., "O hai, I'm a canebrake rattlesnake that's as long as you are tall. I'm prolly havin' babies under here LOL"***

I love snakes; I truly do. Plus, it's getting a little warmer here (thanks Al Gore /sarcasm). But the rattlers? Well...they can screw off, as far as I'm concerned.

Does anyone have any advice as far as "snake control" is concerned? I hate to see the corn snakes and other rat snakes go, but damn, it's better that than my 10 yr. old nephew or 7 yr. old niece being bitten.

Thanks in advance.















*** Yes, I peed myself.

Get a Mongoose?

Originally Posted by InstaRAD

Get a Mongoose?

I agree.

Get a mongoose.




Or just load up the ol' shotgun with some birdshot and waste the snake that way.

move house and leave the snake to it?

I say nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

There are no rattlesnakes where I live, so I have no experience with this...

But, I think if you burn down the house, that will either kill the snake or cause it to move.

Oh man! I laughed when I read your ***!! lol!

Whilst I know nothing about rattle snakes, we have our share of deadly snakes here. As a general rule if you leave them alone they will leave you alone. Do not do as I did with a brown snake, and gently prod it with a stick - it just ****es them off apparently. Luckily our local hospital stocks antivenin and I am assured that the eye twitch will stop after a year or two.

No, seriously, if you have a snake issue in or around the house, I have found it better to spend a little money and get a professional snake wrangler in to deal with it. It was cheaper than I thought it would be, and it is way better than sitting around wondering what room it has slithered into this time.

Good luck!

James.

Get a King Snake or..even easier...Hire a professional

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Oh man! I laughed when I read your ***!! lol!

Whilst I know nothing about rattle snakes, we have our share of deadly snakes here. As a general rule if you leave them alone they will leave you alone. Do not do as I did with a brown snake, and gently prod it with a stick - it just ****es them off apparently. Luckily our local hospital stocks antivenin and I am assured that the eye twitch will stop after a year or two.

No, seriously, if you have a snake issue in or around the house, I have found it better to spend a little money and get a professional snake wrangler in to deal with it. It was cheaper than I thought it would be, and it is way better than sitting around wondering what room it has slithered into this time.

Good luck!

James.

LOL! I knew it! Now, you see, an Aussie has trumped my post...

Here: Black snake -- fast; agile; aggressive; non-venomous.
Oz: (Red-bellied) blacksnake -- fast; agilel; amongst the most venomous in the wolrd.

Here: Brown snake -- nothing to be concerned with.
Oz: (King) Brown -- amongst the most venomous in the world.

Here: Canebrake Rattler -- Chevrons on the back; pretty venomous.
Oz: Tigersnake -- Chevrons on the back; amongst the most venomous.

Everything else: Amongst the most venomous in the world.

Thanks, Jim, for putting things into perspective

Moth balls.
Toss a handful of mothballs under the house and down into
any hole or den you can find. Only a handful, some are flammable...

They "stink" and repel most rodents that attract snakes.

A good exterminator can help seal access to the crawl space.

A long stick can be used to thump and bump in the corners to
make the critters think the area is 'unsafe' to nest in and they
will move on.