How can i get rid garter snakes?

Question

i just graduated from college last month

and moved back in with my mom for a while and she is deadly afraid of snakes and our yard is infested with the buggers

heres what ive done

#1put mothballs around the patio

#2dropped heavy weights off the deck (the vibration scares them)

which led me to the most effective method #3 i found the nest and set off 20 m-80s* around the nest

now they have moved into several nests around the yard and i cant buy any more m-80s*

m-80: large size fire cracker

Answer 1

While predators may help the easiest solution would be to rid yourself of their food supply. If they have nothing to eat they will go elsewhere. SInce they are fond of bugs get rid of the insects and you will be rid of the snakes.

There are repellents on the market as well. The snakes will move away from areas treated with these. One such repellent can be found here:

http://www.liquidfence.com/snake-repelle...

Answer 2

Buy some "snake away"..

http://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/snak...

Answer 3

I don't know how your mother feels about bugs, but garter snakes eat a lot of bugs.  When I get a good snake, I leave him be and make him welcome.

Answer 4

#1  Cats!

#2 Peacocks but they are worse than the snakes people with acreage that have a snake problem often get peacocks, the males look cool but they make a lot of racket and c**p every thirty seconds.

Pest control companies will have a solution.

Answer 5

Smithers, release the Mongooses.

Eeeexcelent.

Seriously:

Predation

Besides humans, there is a wide variety of natural, and introduced, predators. King snakes (Lampropeltis getula ssp) are one of the biggest of the reptilian predators of garters, killing and consuming garters which may be up to two-thirds of their own body length and of similar width.

Birds are also successful predators of garters. Road runners excel in catching snakes, and garters are no exception, quickly dispatched through vigorous use of the road runners beak and feet. American and other kestrel's feed on snakes; hovering for hours over likely meadowlands, they swoop down to grab prey which has been spotted, alighting to feed. Kites, such as the Swallow-tailed, Black-shouldered and Mississippi, feed on garters, as do some of the harriers and hawks. Hunting strategies vary, from airborne reconnaissance to perching in likely spots and watching for movement below.

Mammalian predators can be segregated into two categories: wild and domestic. In the wild, few mammals specialize in feeding on snakes, and even mongoose diets contain only a small portion from snakes. Mink, too, are ferocious hunters, and can easily kill and eat garters. Skunks and opossums may eat garters if they uncover them while scavenging. The larger carnivores such as raccoons and badgers may occasionally catch and eat snakes, but they most likely don't bother much with garters as their small size does not make it worth the expenditure of time and energy necessary to capture them.

Domestic cats have had the greatest impact on endemic animal populations. While other introduced species, such as the rat and rabbit, destroy habitat by consuming and often eradicating vegetation, the cat succeeds due to the lack of adaptations by the local populations who evolved in the absence of such feline predators. The decimation of garter populations by cats is most likely in areas around human development. Pigs, chickens, sheep and horses have been known to kill snakes, especially in areas with venomous snakes, but this is more a result of instinctive fear rather than true predation.

Answer 6

Garter snakes are good, your mother's phobia is silly. Work on her phobia, quit harrassing beneficial destroyers of garden pests.