Snake Repellent ... Do they work ?

[UTE 701]

I saw in a Farmer Direct magazine :  Snake Repellers ....

( Pardon me if this has been talked about before . )

Has anyone tried these ?

Do they work ?

Seem perfect for taking camping if they work .

( and I'm not talking to the women about taking one to bed !  )

Two companies have them : oakent and envirobug

And they have some good looking mozzie catchers too .

Anyway , here's what they look like .....

   

[JethroT]

No

[dno]

Was on another forum the other day and someone had similar solar jobbies in the yard along with ole mate joe- blake, so i'm going to say NO.. they don't work.

[Mandrake]

Only sure snake repellant I know of is a blue-tongue lizard !!

Cheers

Steve

[jeeps]

Canetoads are great. The more cane toads you have around the less snakes. Sorry but it's true.

Cheers

[D4D]

Only sure snake repellant I know of is a blue-tongue lizard !!

I thought that too until I had what I thought was a tiger in the yard. Spoke to the shire snake dude who happened to be the head reptile dude at the zoo and he said that was an old wives tale.

[Symon]

As far as I know the best snake repellent is noise, they hate it as it disrupts their hunting.

[Mandrake]

Not noise - coz they are deaf - no ears even - Its vibrations they sense ..
Steve

[Tim - Stratford]

I thought that too until I had what I thought was a tiger in the yard. Spoke to the shire snake dude who happened to be the head reptile dude at the zoo and he said that was an old wives tale.

Same here - until the family of Blue tongues we hand feed let a copperhead into the yard...the hound got it though.

I've heard that snake repellent works best in NZ 

[D4D]

I've heard that snake repellent works best in NZ 

Snake or sheep?

[RedProw]

Well I would have to disagree with the vast majority. I think that there is some merit to them.

We are currently living in a shed whilst we are waiting for our house to be built (it has been a long wait). We had seen quite a number of snakes around the place, manly blacks last year. The wife had the unfortunate surprise of walking into the bathroom part of our shed to be greeted by a black snake. As far as she was concerned, the living in the shed experience was over and she wanted to rent a house while we are waiting for our own place to be built. Unfortunately renting a place was not part of the plan (the theory that the rent we would have paid, pays for the shed).

So I became gullable. I looked into the snake repellers and decided to get a couple. It was the only way to keep the wife happy. We have had the repellers operating for about twelve months. Although I initially put them in towards the end of the 'snake' season last year, I didn't see any snakes after I installed them. So far this year all the neighbours have had multiple snakes around their homes, I am happy to say (touch wood) that we have not seen a single snake to date.

The theory is that the units send vibrations through the ground similar to that generated by livestock. The snakes are supposedly able to identify that the vibration is a 'dangerous' one and keep clear. Obviously it is still important to remain vigilant, however whilst everyone around us have encountered snakes we have not.......do they work.......jury is still out, if we go through the entire season without seeing a single snake I will probably purchase a couple more to put around the house when it is finally finished.

Proof will be in the pudding 

[D4D]

Make sure you let us know how they go RedProw. I might get some just to keep the missus happy too, placebo effect

[barneys]

there was a story on snakes on bush telegraphy  on radio national  to day  between 11 am and 12  . they  had a bit on how to keep snakes out of your way worth a listen. you can pod it

[griz066]

repeller scam

SCAM Perhaps.

[heath74]

hmm thats not too promising...

I wonder if a wild snake would behave the same as a tame snake?  I mean a wild snake would take off if you got that close to it, (apart from a brown maybe) I wonder if just as the tame snake is desensitised to human contact, perhaps the man made sounds the snake repeller makes also dont bother the tame snake.

[RedProw]

Interesting watching that video, the snake probably didn't move because the repeller didn't go off, it would be quite audible on the video.  Ours is very similar to the one shown and cycles approx every 5 minutes, and it changes its cycle every week from single to multiple beeps, it is does not give out a constant vibration. When we first got them I thought I would have to send them back because I could hear them going off from inside the shed throughout the night. Now I don't take any notice of the noise.........and the misus is sleeping better  . However I don't assume that it is 100% effective. It will be interesting to see how it continues to perfrom over the coming months. I will provide an update to those who may be interested 

[GLC]

hmm thats not too promising...

I wonder if a wild snake would behave the same as a tame snake?  I mean a wild snake would take off if you got that close to it, (apart from a brown maybe) I wonder if just as the tame snake is desensitised to human contact, perhaps the man made sounds the snake repeller makes also dont bother the tame snake.

Heath I am with you, the snake has built up a relationship with the handler of trust so recognises that the handler is not going to put it in harms way.  same way good snake handlers do at snake shows, the snake keeps referring back to the handler to see what they should do, handler relaxed snake is relaxed.  He also had to acclimatise the snake to the repeller and only lets go of the snake once acclimatised.

[Maîneÿ . . .]

tis funny what you don't see when using a video camera 

[Blinky Bill]

That was one well fed contented looking snake.    With an attitude more like a pussy cat high on marijuana, it could get expelled from the Tiger Club. 

We have a resident red belly black that lives down in our vegie garden (keeps an eye on visitors to our compost heap). I've been informed by the local snake expert that if you're going to have a snake around the place then the red belly black is good value as they keep away browns. Blacks are not aggressive, will hiss if annoyed, next will feint a strike, next strike without injecting if further annoyed and finally will inject if they have no choice.

Having said all of that we treat it with the utmost respect and just leave it alone. Same goes for Monty our resident python. Though at times I do grab Monty and relocate him if he's heading towards something dangerous like the tractor slasher.   

But yeah I've never heard of these gadgets before.

Cheers & beers for New Years  - Wayne

[jeeps]

4 years ago during a big wet about this time of year we had an explosion of green tree frogs. They were everywhere, thicker than flies:







The next 12 months we had snakes everywhere, a few greenies in the house and 10+ big brownies killed by the dogs. The next 2 years were similar, plenty of brown snakes around almost daily but no green frogs for years. In the past 12 months i don't think we've seen a snake at all but there's lots and lots of cane toads around which there never were before.

The last couple of weeks we're getting a few green tree frogs hanging around again. Looks like next year is a snake year for us.

I also think that my electric fence tends to keep them away too, but i don't have it on very often.

cheers

[jaycamrie]

That was one well fed contented looking snake.    With an attitude more like a pussy cat high on marijuana, it could get expelled from the Tiger Club. 

We have a resident red belly black that lives down in our vegie garden (keeps an eye on visitors to our compost heap). I've been informed by the local snake expert that if you're going to have a snake around the place then the red belly black is good value as they keep away browns. Blacks are not aggressive, will hiss if annoyed, next will feint a strike, next strike without injecting if further annoyed and finally will inject if they have no choice.

Having said all of that we treat it with the utmost respect and just leave it alone. Same goes for Monty our resident python. Though at times I do grab Monty and relocate him if he's heading towards something dangerous like the tractor slasher.   

But yeah I've never heard of these gadgets before.

Cheers & beers for New Years  - Wayne

We have quite a few blacks and browns around the farm and i agree would rather have all blacks they are pretty non agressive and would rather run away then stick around,  browns a different kettle of fish though they are a lot more inquisitive.

[UTE 701]

I also think that my electric fence tends to keep them away too, but i don't have it on very often.
cheers

I wonder if the electric fence is along the same lines as the pulses being picked up by the snake , rather than making contact ??

[jeeps]

I wonder if the electric fence is along the same lines as the pulses being picked up by the snake , rather than making contact ??

I've got plenty of grass and branches touching my electric tape causing an earth short so it clicks and carries on. It's not detrimental to the system, it just reduces the amount of voltage further down the fence but every little weed/blade of grass that earths the tape creates a vibration that they certainly would feel as some of those clicks can be very loud. As long as you aren't too strict about making sure the tape is completely isolated and click free it works well


cheers

[fishfinder]

i know a snake repellent that works and have witnessed the snake backing rite away did not want a bar of it - most supermarkets and chemists sells them

[bobnrob]

i know a snake repellent that works and have witnessed the snake backing rite away did not want a bar of it - most supermarkets and chemists sells them

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