6 things to clear to keep snakes away. Cue the snake-fans music.

[UTUSN]

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https://bestlifeonline.com/news-attracting-snakes/

6 Things That Are Bringing Snakes Into Your Home

.... * Mice ....
* Leaf piles ....
* Landscaping rocks ....
* Dense shrubbery ....
* Gaps in your home's foundation ....
* Bird baths ....

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[jmbar2]

1. magnificent clips

Is the whole production online in one piece?

[UTUSN]

2. I don't know. The second one was staged by ZEFFERELLI of Romeo/Juliet fame.

Although the black face part wouldn't pass muster today.

That first one is sort of goofy, ain't it?!1

[jmbar2]

4. Yes, but in a very entertaining way

Not sure what this had to do with snakes, but really fun clips.

[UTUSN]

5. Clips re: snakes:: I knew that there would be snake lovers who would extoll them, so "cue the music"

to usher the snakes in. Just my odd whimsy. Thought about what grand entrance music to give to the snakes. Plus, Egypt/snakes.

[jmbar2]

6. Got it... also, Cleopatra and the Asp

[hlthe2b]

3. I just try to keep a fine balance between the red-tailed hawks & owls and safe sanctuary for the

rabbits and squirrels around my house. Somehow the snakes typically lose out in that calculus but relocate across the wetland open space to the trail a half-mile away. Though I did have a bullsnake take up residence about five years ago for a short time.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Looked out the window to see a 4 foot rat snake climbing onto the bird bath last week.

The noisy alarm of the birds alerted me to look up.

Bird feeder and bath is on our deck, we watch the show thru the picture window.
In all of 16 years here, never saw a snake on the deck. There's a plentiful variety of them all around the property.

The rat snake was light colored, went from the empty bird bath to the deck railing, along the railing then down to deck, and disappeared over the edge.
One of the squirrels we feed eventually came back and thoroughly sniffed all along that rail, back and forth, for several minutes, as did each of the ones who showed up after him.
Until now, I didn't know about bird bath/snake connection.

[UTUSN]

8. Bird bath was news to me. Samaritan gives cobra drink

[csziggy]

9. The black racer that lives near our house doesn't need a bird bath for water

He/she lives in the 'seam' between the upper pond and the lower pond. We have a fiberglass mold of a 100 gallon syrup vat for the upper pond, and a 300 gallon livestock water trough for the lower pond. In between, the guy that built our terraced flower beds couldn't fill with dirt so there is a space there that stays nice and cool in the summer and warm in the winter due to the volume of water and soil.

There is a good sized black racer that lives in that space. It's perfect for it - access to water and to food given the birds, squirrels, anole lizards, frogs, and other small wildlife we have here. I seldom see it since it usually hears me coming and disappears really fast when it knows I am coming.

I do have to warn the people that work around the house to leave the snake alone. I don't want someone who doesn't like snakes to kill this one. It's been living here for years - or maybe one of it's youngsters took over, but that is OK.