How do you get rid of garter snakes?

Question

How do you get rid of garter snakes?

Answer 1

Well, we have puff adders where we live and put sulphur down around our home.

This has to be replaced frequently due to rain washing it away, etc., but it seems to have helped deter them.

For garter snakes, I found the following links on the web for you to peek at:

Answer 2

No chemical poisons or fumigants are registered for snake control. While there are repellents on the market, tests have shown them to be ineffective. To exclude snakes, remove debris, woodpiles and tall grass. Since garter snakes only burrow in loose soil, some hiding places may be eliminated by packing sharp gravel and caulking around stoops and slabs. Remember that garter snakes are harmless to you and your pets and should not be killed.

Answer 3

You can get a cat, my grandparents have one and they used to have about 30-40 snakes a year around their house and now they only have about 1 or 2.

or you can hire someone to exterminate/catch them.

if you like cats i would defiantly get one and not have to hire someone.

Answer 4

Shoot em with a shotgun. Always works. But remember to wear goggles alot of snake skin will fly everywhere.

If it doesnt work Get rid of any plants by it or food

Answer 5

There is something called Snake Away (http://www.nixalite.com/snakeaway.aspx), which is available at feed and seed stores, as the person before me mentioned.  The company secifically mentions garter snakes, so this may be the product for you

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

You let them go.

Answer 7

you could use posion but that's mean or you could set traps, hope that helps! =]

Answer 8

by you trying to kill off the garter snakes you are joining the rest of the countries department of natural resources.  let them live in  peace and you never know they may be keeping you from having a rodent problem.

Answer 9

They have this stuff that is none tonic that is a powder you can buy at feed stores and it kills all sorts of bugs!

Answer 10

Hate to answere a question w/ a question, but............ WHY RID OF THE GARTERS?  They don't harm anything!! It is a little piece of wild life you can check out in your backyard that eats all the bugs!!