How to repel snakes out of home crawlspace

[chickengr]

A lot of folks put sulfur outside around the house to help keep the snakes away, don't know if that helps...

it helps if you put sulphur before the snakes come.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

Of course..

 

[Galeann]

I may try the ash idea first. Does sulphur stink?

 

[rjhsh]

Moth Balls they hate the smell, if you have ever opened a can of the snake deterant stuff it smells just like them

 

[Galeann]

Moth Balls they hate the smell, if you have ever opened a can of the snake deterant stuff it smells just like them

I have tried mothballs. Too much. The house began smelling like mothballs. Our children and grandchildren wouldn't visit us. So, I retrieved most of the mothballs out of the crawl space. The smell went away in a few weeks. Lesson learned. Thanks for the tip about the snake deterrent. I'll keep searching.

 

[ColtHandorf]

You might try fish/minnow traps baited with eggs from your chickens. They might be tempted for a bite to eat and then you can relocate them.

 

[Al Gerhart]

Sounds like Borat using tears from a gypsy, lots of old wives tales. The one poster said it well, get rid of the rats and the snakes will move on.

Bats are another regular food source for snakes. I had an old general store in an old dried up coal mining town in Arkansas for a few years, used it for a small furniture factory. Hundreds of bats in the old false ceilings. When we started tearing off the roof to replace it with a metal roof we found a bunch of copperheads. Then there was the time one of the lady employees went into the toilet, sat down to do some business, next thing we heard was a scream and there goes a thirty year old lady running for the back door with her pants and everything else down around her ankles. Said she sat down, got bored and looked over at the sink a few feet away, and there was a big old copperhead looking at her.

 

[Galeann]

You might try fish/minnow traps baited with eggs from your chickens. They might be tempted for a bite to eat and then you can relocate them.

Thanks for that idea.

 

[Galeann]

Sounds like Borat using tears from a gypsy, lots of old wives tales. The one poster said it well, get rid of the rats and the snakes will move on.

Bats are another regular food source for snakes. I had an old general store in an old dried up coal mining town in Arkansas for a few years, used it for a small furniture factory. Hundreds of bats in the old false ceilings. When we started tearing off the roof to replace it with a metal roof we found a bunch of copperheads. Then there was the time one of the lady employees went into the toilet, sat down to do some business, next thing we heard was a scream and there goes a thirty year old lady running for the back door with her pants and everything else down around her ankles. Said she sat down, got bored and looked over at the sink a few feet away, and there was a big old copperhead looking at her.

OMG!

 

[RonLan]

I am curious to know what do you usually do if the moisture increases inside the crawlspace. I am asking it because the situation in my crawlspace is getting worse. As far as I know, the maximum point of the sea level in Massachusetts is nearly 1000 metres. I am sure it can easily affect the level of humidity in my crawlspace. The air inside it becomes more and more moist. I don't know why is it so. Maybe, I need to change the surface of the walls? I did cover it with a concrete slab, but many years have passed. I guess I need to cover it with something more reliable. Do you think I should leave the slab or just remove it? What about https://crawlspaceremedy.com/crawl-space-cleaning-repair-in-everett/ this site, can I find something useful for me here?