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Re: Re: Re: Cottonmouths and Copperheads
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Posted by Burrhead on July 28, 2001 at 21:55:00 from (12.83.4.209):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Cottonmouths and Copperheads posted by Phyllis on July 28, 2001 at 21:20:42:
Guineys, African geese and peacocks will kill the snakes and they don't tear up everything else. I use the African geese they cost less but they are messy. After an African drake gets use to you he will walk ahead of you and clear the path. Then when you're not around he will hunt the snakes. Whoever feeds him becomes his friend for life and he is very protective of them. If you feed him he won't let your kids, husband or anybody else up close to you without pitching a fit, and he is loud. Guineys and peacocks are worse messy and they cost pretty high around here, and won't guard you. I never used the sulphur but I know the snakes won't cross creosote. You can get cans at most farm supply stores and some feedstores but it gets pretty rich to treat a big area. If you use creosote you need to put a trail about 6" wide and be sure you don't skip any spots and don't be stingy with it. They sell some stuff here called Snake Rid but it is the same ingredients as ground up moth balls, but it's very expensive. Moth balls will work just as good under cages and houses alot cheaper. We have cotton mouth, and moccasins plus copperhead, stumptail rattlers, diamond back and timber rattlers here, and a few coral snakes plus the most concentrated area of gators in America. I always carry my shotgun with me when I'm walking. Sometimes I get too jumpy and kill my water hoses and baler twine but they needed shot anyways.
Good luck with it at your place Just remember there are only four kinds of bad snakes. 1. Big snakes
2. Little snakes
3. Live snakes
4. Dead snakes
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