[Fot] Snakes....Help

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The only poisonous snake in Norther California is rattlesnakes, and you’d know if you spooked one of those—they’d rattle. Lots of non-poisonous and therefore harmless alternatives. There are snake repellents, but they’re meant to repel snakes in a yard by broadcasting it on the grass. Not sure why anyone would want to do that, but I guess some people really don’t like snakes. 

In general they don’t like ultrasonics, so if you get one of those ultrasonic mouse chaser things it will probably chase the snake out. Or you could just assume they’ll leave when they find there’s not much to eat in your garage (unless there’s lots of mice, in which case you’d probably like them to stay and eliminate that population. Unless you’ve hermetically sealed your garage they can get out, and of course they can get in, so having seen one is functionally identical to NOT having seen one. 


> On Jul 21, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Duncan Charlton via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I think there’s probably some “snake-b-gone” type product at your friendly local builder supply store.  I saw some sort of product at Lowe’s a few days ago.
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> or
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> catch a mouse, tie a string on its leg and use it as bait.  When the snake is fat and slow with freshly swallowed mouse, you yank the string and pull it outside.  Drop it off two miles away (cut off the rest of the string if you don’t want it to die).
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> Duncan
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>> On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Nick Black via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>> So I'ml layin under an Elan, just feelin good that I got the snap ring off of the clutch slave cylinder so I can pry it out of the loop on the trans holding it in. As I roll out from under the car, I do a double take on about a two foot snake lookin at me! The snake's head 
>> is about 4” off the ground, which is what I deemed “not a good thing”. The sun is in my eyes and I cannot tell what kind of a snake it is (as if I could).
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>> I recall that snakes do not hear, but can feel vibrations, I stomp on the ground between the snake and I. He chases me into the shop.
>> The snake heads under the race car and disappears. He's not on the floor. I pop the hood, but no snake there either.
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>> SO
>> Here's where the help comes in.
>> Besides a mongoose (as they're a bit thin on the ground around here, unlike nasty snakes), what can I do the chase the darn thing out of the shop? He's doin a good job of hiding and I just have visions of opening the shop door to a pile of newborn snakes!
>> Humerous responses appreciated, BUT I really am lookin for some way the revert to my “snake free” shop.
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>> If its not one thing, its another
>> Nick in Nor Cal
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