- 1). Try mothballs! Mothballs are a popular repellent used by campers and homeowners trying to rid snakes from their yards. The mothballs contain naphtalene, which is a known snake repellent. Drop some mothballs into your garden, or along your tree lines, and the snakes won't visit.
- 2). Maintain your property! Keep your grass mowed and your bushes trimmed, to prevent snakes from visiting. Since Copperheads and Water Moccasins love to hide in tall grass and shrubbery, keeping them neat and trimmed, will give them less of a reason to hang around.
- 3). Get rid of the wood pile! Snakes love wood piles, because they are usually dark and damp and a great place to hide. Removing it from your property will keep the snakes away.
- 4). Enlist the help of your neighborhood cats! Feeding the neighborhood cats, and giving them a reason to hang around will help lessen the chances of snakes coming to visit. The cats will eat the rodents in your yard, leaving the snakes with nothing to feast on. They will have to make dinner plans elsewhere!
- 5). Build and owl nesting box! Owls love to eat mice, which is a delicacy for copperheads and water moccasins. If the mice aren't around, the snakes won't be either.
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