We have a flordia snake living around the house HOW can I GET RID of it with out killing it?

Question

IT WAS A COTTON MOUTH My neighbor is a teacher and freaked when he saw how close I was to it .

Answer 1

Call an specialist, look in the yellow pages.

Answer 2

call US Game and Fish Dept. That is what they do for a living!! Move things that bug other things.

Answer 3

Call aspca they'll come get it

Answer 4

I live in Florida. What is a 'Florida Snake'? What color is it?

Honestly if you pretend it doesn't exist, you'll probably never have a problem. Its probably eating those little brown lizards or toads or something.

It won't bother you unless you bother it. If its black with a light color chin and sticks its head up like a submarine, you won't be able to catch it anyway. Those are black-racers. They're fast and they don't like people to get too close.

If its dark greenish or brownish and has a triangle shaped head, don't go near it. Rattlesnakes and Cottonmouths don't like to live around houses so either call someone or just keep your distance, till it leaves.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Pick it up and throw it over your neighbor's fence.

Answer 6

Uhm....what KIND of "florida" snake??

Some snakes actually are benificial.....creepy if you don't like them, but benificiall all the same.

Having lived in FLA for 26 years (and still living far enough south for the last...uhm.....few.....) I've learned to just deal with it; unless it has diamonds running up and down it's scaly little back (rattlesnake)....or a heart shape to it's golden head on it's splotchy body (copperhead)....or red, yellow, black, rings.....(coral snake).

Now....there is also a red, black, and yellow snake that is a Scarlet Kingsnake that is totally harmless, but...unless you know the rhyme  Ã¢Â€ÂœRed on yellow – kills a fellow” or “Red touching black – is a friend of Jack”.

If you just want to repel: see my first source.

If you want to identify to make sure you NEED to repel: see my second.

Personally, I like the fact that the harmless ones keep the mouse population down, the frogs from getting waaaaay to loud (if you live near water) and even eat some of the bigger nasty buggy critters......of course; having lived there that many years, I'm only too aware that too many people let their "pet" snakes loose when they get tired of them.

If you know it's native, I'd check it out to identify and go from there.  If it's not native, wildlife and game commission can come and get it; usually will because it can really disrupt the eco-system.

Wish I knew exactly what kind of snake it was so I could help with a little more specific information, but....hopefully this gets you where you need to go!

Good luck, and happy hunting!!