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"~ jan" wrote in message ... I'm a skeptic, too. But I spent a lot of time a week or two ago reading about different products and there are lots of believers in this one; http://www.pestproducts.com/snakeaway1.htm It uses naphthalene [mothballs] and sulphur and claims that it masks other odors so snakes avoid the area because they can't smell their dinner or danger. Jim Course snakes don't smell do they? Don't they taste the air with their tongue or some such thing? (I'd look it up, but not in the mood to argu e about something I could really care less about, snakes are rare in my yard, and other than a rattler, wouldn't terrify me.) But according to this lady, who is terrified of snakes, it works. Believe it or not, I'm just saying... ;-) Maybe what really works is that she puts it in coffee cans. The sna kes go for a cup of Joe and turn around and slither off to Starbucks. :-D And RM, didn't we determine the critters in your county... are well... just odd. :-D ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us ==================== Taste it or smell it, they'd simply go around something like Naphtha flakes as I saw them do with my own two eyes. They don't turn around and go back the way they came. And why would they? I never understood how anyone would think they'd do that. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:37:55 EDT, "ReelMcKoi" wrote:
Taste it or smell it, they'd simply go around something like Naphtha flakes as I saw them do with my own two eyes. They don't turn around and go back the way they came. And why would they? I never understood how anyone would think they'd do that. My guess, people who have had the opposite experience, such as this lady has. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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"~ jan" wrote | On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:37:55 EDT, "ReelMcKoi" wrote: | | Taste it or smell it, they'd simply go around something | like Naphtha flakes as I saw them do with my own two | eyes. They don't turn around and go back the way they came. | And why would they? I never understood how anyone | would think they'd do that. | | My guess, people who have had the opposite experience, such as this lady | has. ~ jan Pardon my ignorance but why would I want to keep snakes away from my pond? That is, if I had a pond... Mine is still in the planning stage... but I'm really close to starting it. In the meantime I've been providing a small pool just for tree frogs to breed... and they've taken advantage of it. The pool is currently teeming with tads and I feed them daily - they get as many slugs and snails and moths and other bugs as I can find, along with lots and lots of leafy green stuff, with a liberal sprinkling of dry catfood (they go nuts for this). Last year after all the tadpoles had left the pool, and I was using the last of the rainwater in it for the garden, one day I found five or six garden snakes swimming in about 4-5" of clear water. They seemed quite anxious to get out, so I caught them all and released them into the garden. These snakes are so good at mole control that I want to encourage and protect them. I'm sad to say that I occasionally kill one inadvertently while mowing. |
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"Pat" wrote:
-snip- Pardon my ignorance but why would I want to keep snakes away from my pond? That is, if I had a pond... Mine is still in the planning stage... but I'm really close to starting it. In the meantime I've been providing a small pool just for tree frogs to breed... That might be the primary reason. A snake or 2 is unavoidable, but 2 snakes can lead to 100s in a few months. That might threaten your tree frog population. Jim |
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:34:07 EDT, "Pat"
wrote: Pardon my ignorance but why would I want to keep snakes away from my pond? Some do eat fish, frogs & tadpoles, some are poisonous to people. In the case of the lady my husband knows, she's terrified of all snakes, doesn't have a pond, but doesn't want any snake in her yard. I believe she is in a newer subdivision bordering the desert, so she's probably seen mostly bull snakes and maybe rattlers, before she went with her mothballs-in-a-can snake prevention. If it works for her... better than killing them, imo. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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"Pat" wrote in message et... "~ jan" wrote | On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:37:55 EDT, "ReelMcKoi" wrote: | | Taste it or smell it, they'd simply go around something | like Naphtha flakes as I saw them do with my own two | eyes. They don't turn around and go back the way they came. | And why would they? I never understood how anyone | would think they'd do that. | | My guess, people who have had the opposite experience, such as this l ady | has. ~ jan Pardon my ignorance but why would I want to keep snakes away from my po nd? ================= Brevity snip. Snakes will eat fish, frogs, baby ducks etc. Some water snakes are poisonous. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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