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05-25-2020 06:58 PM
Try mothballs. We had a problem with snakes living in our stone steps, in New England where stone is used for everything. They would coil up and sun. Not fun to walk out and see a snake coiled up on the bottom step. Anyway, my DH tried putting mothballs around the steps and it worked. We hardly ever see snakes now. Apparently they don't like the smell of the mothballs. Use gloves when placing the mothballs, and use sparingly at first.
The mothballs don't seem to bother the birds or chipmunks.
05-25-2020 07:11 PM
@sarahpanda Just remembered you mentioned dogs. If your daughter has dogs, she would want to put the mothballs where the dogs couldn't get at them. My dogs never seemed interested in them, but you wouldn't want to take a chance. We also threw mothballs way under the deck where we saw snakes at times. We had a real snake issue for a while.
05-25-2020 07:26 PM
She needs St. Patrick.
05-25-2020 07:26 PM
oh heck no!!! either the snake goes or i do... lol
05-25-2020 08:55 PM
Home Depot- Snake Away. Sprinkle around the area where you want to deter snakes.
05-25-2020 10:08 PM
05-26-2020 09:34 AM
Wow, never gave any thought to worries about harmful snakes. Nothing poison comes to my part of the world and I have never seen a dog stoop to even notice a snake.
I have them around and let them perform their magic on any mice out in the shed.
If we have sun, do see them on the driveway sometimes.
05-26-2020 02:43 PM
@RedTop ...thanks, I will remind him...I'll also mention the mothballs...may or may not work but I'd be nervous about the snake.
I'll have to read about the snakes, I don't know why they shed their skin.
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