How do you keep garter snakes away and out of house?
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Snakes often occur in the vicinity of suburban and urban residential areas. They can even show up occasionally in your backyard. If the presence of snakes is deemed undesirable, removing their shelter is one of the most effective ways of discouraging them. Eliminating rock piles, brush piles, and areas of tall grass will cause snakes to seek a more suitable habitat. Store lumber, wood piles and other debris around the home at least 18 inches off the ground. Controlling insect and rodent populations in the area will also help to discourage snakes by eliminating their food supply. Snakes will sometimes enter houses, barns and other buildings because they are attracted by the presence of rodents and insects as well as by the cool, damp, dark shelter provided by these buildings. To keep snakes out of houses or other buildings, you must seal off all entry points. Snakes usually enter a building at or below ground level. For this reason, all openings around water pipes, electrical outlets, doors and windows should be sealed. Any holes in masonry foundations around the home should also be sealed off with mortar. Hardware cloth or sheet metal can also be used to seal holes in wooden buildings or siding.
Sprinkle moth balls around the perimeter of your yard or garden. But beware that these can be dangerous to pets and children.
Sulfur from a garden center is said to keep snakes away.
Construct a fence around your garden with heavy galvanized screening. Make it three feet wide with quarter-inch mesh.
Be sure to bury the bottom of it six inches below the soil surface.
Lime irritates and eats away at a snakes or any retiles skin , so they stay miles away from it ( smile ) . You can buy bags of lime at any feed and seed store , your local wal-mart , home depot , or lowes.
They also have snake repellent that you can buy as well.
I hope this was helpful,Take Care! :)
Run them over with a lawn mower. J/K. I don't really know, maybe you can hang some fake crows around, birds eat snakes.
I use moth balls in my flower beds to keep dogs and other animals away. Rock salt is another thing that might help. It gets on the skin and they really hate it.
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