What do you do if you find a garter snake?

What do you do if you find a garter snake?

7 Ways to Get Rid of Garter Snakes

1. Trim your bushes and mow your lawn.
2. Remove objects and debris from your yard.
3. Remove any sources of food for the snakes.
4. Get chickens.
5. Use snake repellent.
6. Trap and relocate the snakes.
7. Build a snake fence.

How do you find a garter snake nest?

Look for snakes in their hiding places. These areas will likely be secluded spots that stay relatively warm during the cold winter months. Most garter snakes hide or live in dark places during the spring and summer when they are not basking. Check for garter snakes in fields, tall grass, under leaves, and logs.

Are garter snakes bad to have around?

Garter snakes are among the most common snakes in North America, with a range spanning from Canada to Florida. Often kept as pets, they are relatively harmless, although some species do possess a mild neurotoxic venom. However, it is not dangerous to humans.

How do you attract a garter snake out of hiding?

You may be surprised to learn that many gardeners go to great lengths to try to attract garter snakes! You can try to entice them by providing them with hiding places (stacked rocks, sheets of plywood, or stumps) and fresh water sources (such as shallow fountains or ground-level birdbaths).

Will snakes hibernate in your house?

And, remember, rodents are attractive to snakes. Snakes are looking to hibernate for the winter and will often find crawl spaces to be safe, warm and damp. When they do make your crawl space a snake haven, they do it on a grand scale. Close to 100 snakes could be hibernating in a crawl space at once.

Where do snakes hide in houses?

Snakes, even diurnal ones, will generally move around at night. They also tend to move along walls and baseboards. The first place to look, then, is behind the enclosure, all along the floors and inside any bookcases and cabinets in the room, checking in the back of shelves and knickknacks and on top of books.