27/11/2017| Posted by: Richardson Real Estate, Colac Real Estate

Deter Snakes From Your Garden

Snake season is upon us, so it is imported to protect yourself and your pets. Below you can read six important actions you can take to protect yourself.

Method 1.
Keep your garden free of clutter and rubbish. Snakes attack often from their dark hiding places. As such, clutter is essentially an open invitation to snakes, giving them perfect hiding spots. Piles of leaves, compost piles, wood chip mulch, stacks of firewood, and piles of cut grass are all comfortable places were snakes like to hide. Important to remove those from your garden.

Method 2.
Avoid tall-growing plants. Just like clutter, certain shrubs and other plants provide the perfect hiding spot for a snake. Keeping your grass mowed is a good way to prevent snakes from slithering around your yard.

Method 3.
Get rid of any possible source of food and water. Snakes will only hang around your yard if there’s something there they can eat. Depending on the species, this could mean a problem with large insects such as cockroaches and grasshoppers, or small mammals such as mice and rats. Try laying traps or spraying repellents designed to keep these pests away from your house, and the snakes should stay away as well. Most land snakes can swim. This is a little-known fact, but it is one that could save your life next time you are around water. Snakes hunt near water.

Method 4.
Patch up any holes. If you have spotted snakes in your yard and are worried about keeping them out of your house, the best thing you can do is locate and repair any holes in your property’s foundations, the garage, or screen doors. If you notice any holes, no matter how small, patch them up immediately.

Method 5.
Create vibrations. If you have spotted snakes in your garden or yard in the past, and suspect that a few might be hiding in there even now, run the lawn mower or tiller around the area before working in it. The vibrations produced by these machines are usually enough to warn and frighten off many snakes. Note that this won’t keep snakes away permanently, but if you need to work in a garden, this can scare off snakes long enough to let you work.