Snake Repellant

A mixture of homemade snake repellent lime together with hot pepper or peppermint can also be used to keep away snakes.

Snake repellant. There are a few professional grade substances that have moderate efficacy such as ultra rare mongoose urine which isn t effective most of the time anyway. You can go a much cheaper route and use mothballs as this is the main component in them. The ingredient smells of mothballs and is supposed to be unpleasant for serpents to cross. It is found in products like snake a way.

The reason snake repellents don t work is because there is nothing intimidating to a snake about the smell of naphthalene or sulfur. Naphthalene comes from black walnut trees and is a strong chemical which can cause nerve and retinal damage. Researchers looked at cinnamon cedarwood sage rosemary juniper berry and lavender essential oils as natural snake repellents. Pouring the mix into the perimeter will keep them away since they do not like the smell and the fumes are itchy on their skin.

This disorientation causes the snake to slither away in search of fresh air. Sprinkle the mixture around the edge of your property and house and the snakes will slither away. Woodward claim that all of these items are ineffective. San julian and david k.

One of the most common snake repellents you ll find is naphthalene. I toss a few under the porch to keep the snakes from hanging out under there. Essential oils as a safe snake repellent the journal pest management science reported that some essential oils can be useful snake repellents against some species of common snakes. It doesn t just drive them away like st patrick rocking up to ireland like a boss but it also halts nesting an discourages foraging to make nosy intruders a thing of the past.

This granular snake repellent is applied around the perimeter of the area you want to protect. Many snake repellents include or are based around naphthalene. Sulfur another commonly sold repellent sometimes mixed with mothball flakes. The salt irritates the snake s skin and the garlic smell will upset the snake.

One common snake repellent people try is a 50 50 mix of salt and crushed garlic. Some more environmentally friendly repellents use essential oils instead. Predator urine such as coyote urine bobcat urine. These ingredients are natural to get from home or the marketplace at affordable prices.

Fox urine smoke diesel fuel and the mixture of naphthalene with feline filler lime and pepper sprays are known to be traditional snake repellents. Sold in liquid granule form.