Snakes in a garage!

[cglasgow]

I just discovered I have a black snake in my garage. I don't have anything against snakes per se, but I'd rather it not live in my garage. Anyone have any ideas how to evict it?

The snake is probably there for the mice, so step one obviously is to get rid of them. I've set traps for them. Found out I had them when I set glue traps for the camel crickets. ("There was an old lady who swallowed a fly....") One day I found a mice in the glue. Actually, I found a snake in the glue once as well (and a wren one day when I left the door open -- damn glue traps!). I thought that snake was a one-time thing. (I had to kill that snake because I couldn't figure out how to get it loose from the glue without hurting it. Figured it was better to kill it than for it to suffer.) Now I wonder how many snakes I've got!

In general, I prefer not to kill things, and in particular I prefer not to kill useful things, so I'd rather just encourage the snake(s) to move on. Suggestions?

 

[snapmom]

Pick him up and move him outside. I had one in my garage tonite too, a corn snake.

 

[CitadelBlue]

You can do what Samuel L Jackson did and OPEN THE WINDOW ........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=4tpN46vReJo

 

[cglasgow]

Pick him up and move him outside. I had one in my garage tonite too, a corn snake.

That assumes I can get my hands on him -- he's quick! ;-)

 

[57JoeFoMoPar]

Personally, I'm scared shitless of snakes, so the shovel would be my first choice, followed closely by a shotgun

 

[54FordPanel]

So are you sick of the mutha#$*@!ing snakes in your mutha&@$#ing garage?

 

[rkevins]

try throwing around some mothballs it will keep them away so mabie it will run it out too

 

[bad_idea]

i am so said u all beat me to the samuel l references. other than that, i have no input. i am going to go cry now.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Only times I ever found a snake in my shop was when I had accidentally left the door open the night before. They like to warm up on the concrete. I am not freaked out by snakes, but I don't like them. One is NOT going to live in my building.

 

[countryroad82]

Personally, I'm scared shitless of snakes, so the shovel would be my first choice, followed closely by a shotgun

Reminds me of a guy I work with, he had a snake in his garage and he shot his garage up trying to kill it, shot the walls out, the boat trailer, the 4 wheeler. Hilarious!! But in his defense I would be pretty close to that if it were something poisonous, I hate snakes!!

 

[Benji]

.22 shot shells. They are made for close rats and snakes in a building unless it's steel.

 

[robertwhite]

This is my shop/barn snake. The only reason he still lives is because he theoretically controls the mouse population on the barn side of the shop. (plus he is not venomous) He has not yet found his way into the shop, but he has startled me on more than one occasion.

Notice the wasp spray for size comparison and the tape measure which he very obligingly allowed me to set down next to him. He was semi curled up and is right at 4 1/2 ft. Fully stretched, he will go over 5 ft easy. Put his pic up on my laptop to scare the hell out of my wife.

 

[cowboyjosh]

In Colorado where i live we have the Prairie Rattler and in Scottsdale we have the western Diamondback, both will send you to the ER. Any snake i find on my property is a dead snake, cause i hate snakes. Actually in Arizona there are snake removal people, in Colorado we kill ****,

 

[buildmyown]

Funny snake in the garage story. Working late one summer night with the door open laying on the creaper under the car i caught something out of the corner of my eye. It was a snake I dont mind snakes at all and the ones we have around here are harmless but it was late and caught me off guard so bad that I went to jump up and forgot I was under a car. Smashed my head and knocked me out cold.

I would give the mothballs a try.

 

[NUTTSGT]

If I found a snake in the garage, it would get the same thing out in the yard, the sole of my boot.

 

[bmxr4life87]

I was in my garage one summer nite door open under a truck and thought I saw a cat run in under the workbench... turned out when I approached it to see it was really an opossum... the greasy ******* hissed at me so when I got dad to help "dispatch" it my dad grabbed that dude by the tail and swung him out of the garage. Its one of my classic memories

 

[jeepnut24]

In Colorado where i live we have the Prairie Rattler and in Scottsdale we have the western Diamondback, both will send you to the ER. Any snake i find on my property is a dead snake, cause i hate snakes. Actually in Arizona there are snake removal people, in Colorado we kill ****,

No we dont... those rattlers help control **** we don't want around... Saw a nice size one the last time I went hiking this fall.

 

[Frank The Plumber]

Wasp spray that M' f'er. Just stand back cause it's going to be really pissed.

 

[Thruxton]

farmer's advice, if you've got black snakes, you need them. control your rodents and the snakes will hunt elsewhere.

 

[Steevo]

I get a dozen snakes a year in my yard/garage, ranging from racers, to gophers, kings, and rattlesnakes. I average one or two rattlesnakes a year, in the yard, on the porch, or in the garage, and even had a small garter snake get into the house this summer, that I think got in while we were unloading the truck after a trip. I try to relocate all of them whenever possible, most by flinging them over my back fence into open space, but once in a while I get a mean streak and toss one into the neighbor's yard, just because he is such a girl.

 

[A_Pmech]

I have a shop snake too, leave it be.

 

[Tarpley]

A male and female on the back of my property. I don't take any chances with Kids around.

 

[OhioSiouxFan]

I'd take a snake over a big ol' garage SPIDER any time....

 

[djjsr]

Call your local rental store and see if they have a mongoose.

 

[wkends]

Get a shovel,rake,hoe,chain saw,shot gun,dynamite, You get the idea I do not like any kind of snake. The only good one is in several parts that are not moving any more!

 

[Steevo]

You'all must have a lot of mice, rats, crickets, etc. if you are killing snakes just for being snakes.

 

[A_Pmech]

You'all must have a lot of mice, rats, crickets, etc. if you are killing snakes just for being snakes.

I think they scare a lot of people, which is part of why I keep them around. I usually see 2-3 a day.

 

[longchopper]

Ive got a prarie king snake in my garage,No mice the decon has never been messed with.
Mice are gross

 

[71flh]

Ok, this is weird. I read this thread and a few minutes later found a small snake in the living room.
I swept it into a bucket and tossed it outside.

 

[gsport]

yikes.... i hate snakes. occasionally i'll see one when i'm mowing, i'll usually just let it go on to the neighbors yard. i think they are just garter snakes, but i still hate em'

 

[gc427]

I do not like snakes and would introduce it to my square shovel.

 

[djjsr]

Ok, this is weird. I read this thread and a few minutes later found a small snake in the living room.
I swept it into a bucket and tossed it outside.

Now read the "Hot women" thread. Let us know what happens.

 

[87handmedown]

farmer's advice, if you've got black snakes, you need them. control your rodents and the snakes will hunt elsewhere.

X2 Yep, the only time black snakes show up is when you've got an out of control rodent problem. Get rid of whatever is drawing the mice/rats to your garage and the snakes will leave.

 

[ert01]

All this snake talk makes me happy I live so far north. I've only ever seen 4 or 5 snakes in my life up here (other then pets) and they've all been tiny little garden snakes.

I'd take a black bear or a wolf on my property over a snake any day!

 

[hobie1dog]

had a king snake get in my garage earlier this year....no words can describe my hatred for snakes ( must have been eaten by a Python in a previous life), but anyway he would not leave the one corner next to the garage door( only 2 foot from freedom ) , so he got smashed with a kart axle...

Snakes....the only thing God really fuc#ed up on.

 

[PhattCat]

I'd leave him there. He's just eating the rats and mice and or trying to keep warm. Butter should break down the glue in the traps.

Rather have a snake then a bunch of mice. LOL

 

[onewaydave]

When I was in my teens, my then BIL did a lot of motorcycle maintenance for friends and such. He had some unstable friends though and they would occasionally walk off with more than they paid for. So when we went rattle snake hunting once (grew up in Texas and this was fun stuff), we came on a nest of young ones. We took them home and put them in his parts cabinet. Fed them occasionally. I can't remember how long they stayed, but his parts loss problem stopped. He would occasionally hot wire parts, too.

He also had a toilet seat mounted on the wall with a sign that said, "Do not lift this lid." Under it was a great crotch shot from Hustler. You wouldn't believe how many people lifted that lid. Or who.

I've got resident garage and house snakes. Well, the house snakes live in the attached garage. I never see them, just their shedd skins. In the shop, I reached for a battery for the drill/driver in the charger and a hog nose was curled up getting warm.

Haven't seen a poisonous snake up here in 14 years. Snakes can stay. They do less damage than the mice. Those critters can ruin a brick if given the chance.

Dave.

 

[Steevo]

I have never had a snake make a nest in my lawnmower engine, or chew holes in patio cushions, or fill a wall cavity with acorns, or eat wiring on a vehicle, but I have had rodents do all of those things over the years. I like snakes a lot more than rodents.

 

[SuperSocket]

If you ever need to get a creature off a sticky pad trap... just pour some vegetable oil over the creature and the pad... the vegetable oil will prevent further sticking and break down the pad stickyness.

 

[SuperSocket]

All this snake talk makes me happy I live so far north. I've only ever seen 4 or 5 snakes in my life up here (other then pets) and they've all been tiny little garden snakes.

I'd take a black bear or a wolf on my property over a snake any day!

I encountered plenty of snakes in Canada... unless if you are far far far up north.


Snakes eats rodents... bears eats you