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    I found a snake in house some years back. I wanted to know what I was dealing with so I took out to CTC to one of the biology teachers. He told me that it was a line snake that fed on soft insects like ants or termites. So I called bug inspector, no termites, thank goodness, but have always plenty of ants to go around

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    Quote Originally Posted by Imagine View Post
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    I found a snake in house some years back. I wanted to know what I was dealing with so I took out to CTC to one of the biology teachers. He told me that it was a line snake that fed on soft insects like ants or termites. So I called bug inspector, no termites, thank goodness, but have always plenty of ants to go around
    I need a couple of those snakes in my backyard!!!
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    ludwig: for 'bout the first 10 years or so we had quite a few cottonmouths out here in hymesa. had 2 of 'em tryin' to climb the south wall one night.....never ever saw anything like that before.

    liessems: best way or one way to get rid of yard snakes is to put a couple of cats or pet 'cooons out there for a year or so.......also, better check your ash box out. one morning we found an earth snake in the front room and couldn't figure out to save my soul how they got in. checked the door to the ash vent later on that afternoon for some reason or 'nother and dammed if there weren't a half dozen or so earth snakes in there......mac

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    Another excellent deterrent is to keep your grass short. They don't like to be exposed and become prey to hawk and owls. As to a dog being effective, that's true if the dog is a large breed. My daughter almost lost her Pom to a Rattlesnake last year... were it not for several hundred $ in vet. bills she would have been a goner. BTW: While some snakes do prey on birds, they are not near the threat to birds as are other birds, e.g. Bluejays, and feral cats. Eighty percent or more of the snakes you may meet are non-venomous. All of snakes prefer to avoid human contact. About the only specie that is known to attack humans entering their territory is the Cottonmouth... rarely found in West Bell County (most reported sightings are Blotched Water Snakes mistaken for Cottonmouths).
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    An Earth Snake! Oh my! That is one dangerous critter.
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    well.....my wife happens to be a kolnerin....and anything that slides on it's belly is dangerous to her.....mac

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    An Earth Snake! Oh my! That is one dangerous critter.
    Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mac View Post
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    well.....my wife happens to be a kolnerin....and anything that slides on it's belly is dangerous to her.....mac
    I guess you're in trouble then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CenTexDave View Post
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    Granular chlorine spread as a barrier keeps them away. Make about a 6" wide barrier. Of course rain will wash it away, so reapply.
    Are you talking about the kind you use in pools? Does it have a negative effect on grass?
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    Yep, that's the stuff. Granular HTH works good. Place it at the edge of your property line. I don't know about the grass - I used it where there was always weeds and just plain dirt. Of course when it rains the stuff washes away so you'll have to reapply.
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