Best way to get rid of snake eggs in the backyard?

[spidey07]

i would leave them alone. maybe take some in and when they hatch keep them as pets. racers are neat snakes to have. they aren't afraid of you sitting there and will come out.

if nothing else they will keep the rodent population down. wish i had a few around where i live.

Not only that but they're not all going to stay in the same area. They will go to where the food is. Racers are very tame, pretty dang fast as well.

 

[OutHouse]

haha. BS.

You only want to believe that because you are a girly man terrified by harmless critters that are actually more afraid of you than you are of them.

when it comes to snakes you bet i am a girly man i have no shame in admitting it.

 

[slayer202]

snakes are devil creatures. burn with fire

 

[waggy]

Not only that but they're not all going to stay in the same area. They will go to where the food is. Racers are very tame, pretty dang fast as well.

i wouldn't say tame. i had some yellow bellied racers as pets (got 3 free when i ordered 25 small rats) they would try to get my had when cleaning the cage heh. they are no where near as friendly as my ball python.

as a kid we used to catch them and hold them. every now and then they would bite us but it wouldn't hurt. they were neat snakes to watch.

 

[BoomerD]

We used to catch "blue racers" when I was a kid in western Mass. Not particularly aggressive...but they will bite when provoked.
Hell, I'd love to have a few non-venomous snakes around here...take care of the mice that have been raiding my tomato patch.

 

[*kjm]

no they arent, decon poison bait is the best pest control. Plus there would be no fricken way i would let a clutch of snake eggs hatch under my house. yes i have a phobia of snakes i dont care if they are poisonous or non poisonous just keep them away from me and my house.

Till his pet eats said dead poisoned rodent:ninja:

 

[El Guaraguao]

snakes are devil creatures. throw a bible at it

fixed

 

[OutHouse]

Till his pet eats said dead poisoned rodent:ninja:

Parrots eat dead rodents?

 

[alevasseur14]

I'd just leave them. My dad works for the Department of Natural Resources in MN and when I was young he'd catch Red-Bellied snakes out in the field and them bring them home for me to hang on to for a while. They'd never eat in captivity so I always had to let them go after a day or so.

Man, I spent untold hours just walking around looking for snakes when I was little....

 

[Modelworks]

You need 1 of these

 

[ed21x]

black racers are awesome. let them be, they pose no harm to anything outside of mice, lizards, and bugs. and they look cool as hell.

 

[lupi]

snakes on the ground
snakes on the ground
looking like a fool with snakes on the ground

 

[marvdmartian]

Obligatory Far Side snake related cartoon.

 

[alkemyst]

You need 1 of these

or

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

 

[insect9]

I love snakes. As others have said, I'd leave them. I had a vegetable garden that was about half an acre and I found copperhead eggs in it. My solution? Caught a speckled kingsnake and let it go in there. Never saw a copperhead in there again.

 

[zinfamous]

when it comes to snakes you bet i am a girly man i have no shame in admitting it.

haha, fair enough. I grew up with snakes. My dad is/was a biologist. We had a corn snake that lived to be ~23 years old. Had various rat, and a few moccasins in and out of the house through the years.

Many years ago, when the snake was still young, my brother wanted to harmlessly show the snake to our uncle, who has a serious snake phobia.

Well, for the next 15 minutes or so, we were all entertained with the vision of our manly god-fearing uncle being chased around the house by a 14 year-old brandishing a wee 3 foot corn snake; our uncle spouting out all sorts of curses, slanders, and shrieks.

 

[Ichinisan]

Why do you want to get rid of them?

This. Seriously.

Why?

 

[Bateluer]

Well, for the next 15 minutes or so, we were all entertained with the vision of our manly god-fearing uncle being chased around the house by a 14 year-old brandishing a wee 3 foot corn snake; our uncle spouting out all sorts of curses, slanders, and shrieks.

That should have been Youtubed.


I can do the same with my pet rats to some people, but the poor rat is just as scared as the human.

 

[zinfamous]

That should have been Youtubed.


I can do the same with my pet rats to some people, but the poor rat is just as scared as the human.

yeah rats are quite cool. Very docile, uber smart.

 

[spidey07]

I love snakes. As others have said, I'd leave them. I had a vegetable garden that was about half an acre and I found copperhead eggs in it. My solution? Caught a speckled kingsnake and let it go in there. Never saw a copperhead in there again.

Ate the eggs or the yungun's right? Kingsnake and racers a farmers best friend.