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Playing golf on Bogart Executive course this AM and noticed a tri colored heron in a resident's back yard picking up a snake that looked to be four feet long and trying to swallow it

[TraceyMooreRN]

You can get the sticky traps at Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart--just about anywhere. They come in various sizes--They work good. We put them out and change them out monthly or more often. We try to keep our garage door shut--but there is a few times we left the house without putting down the garage door!

[MSG@TV]

Originally Posted by Buckeyephan

I've been reading these posts with fear. I am so afraid of snakes that I can't even look at a picture of one. Please tell me more about the sticky traps. Are they like the ones that are used for rats and mice? How many do we need? That is the biggest concern I have about moving to The Villages.

Barbara

You and me both. If I have a close encounter with a snake, poisonous or not, I'm sure folks will hear me scream from where we're building south of 466A all the way north to the first sections!!!

[PaPaLarry]

They are called "Real Kill" Glue Boards. Traps & Kills household pests and snakes stick to them when they crawl over them. They really work good. Make sure you put board down flat and not in triangle shape as suggested on package. I put them around garage floor, and sure to have two by the door in garage going into house. When bringing groceries in etc, don't leave door open when going back and forth to unload groceries. These critters are fast!!!! hehehehe I've caught at least a dozen snakes (not too large) since I've been using these boards. Even when garage door shut, they can crawl their way in. (But they are small)

[BlueHeronFan]

Had a landscaper tell us that the "Black Racer" which is what most are referring to as "Black Snake" around here, keeps out Rattlesnakes. Don't know why, unless they eat the baby snakes or something. They are harmless otherwise.

[gjbl8114]

Ha Ha!!!! I like those who say they have never seen a snake in or near their yards. If this is true, it is only because you clearly don't spend time in your yard. I would bet that every neighborhood in TV's has snakes and yes, even in your garage - you just haven't seen them. We live in the Village of Poinciana at the beginning of a cul-de-sac which wraps around Jacaranda Golf Course (Cane Garden.) There are plenty of snakes in the yards, streets and just about anywhere you can imagine. If you are in the area, you will notice that most homes have garage screens. We don't have them for the sake of having them, we have them because there are lots of snakes.

If you've never seen one in your yard, I would encourage you to spend more than a few minutes a day in your yard. Don't forget where you are and what was here before your home was built. Good news though, moth balls will deter them from your surroundings. But, if you've seen snakeskin sheddings in your yard - guess what????? They're there - they love to live in your sprinkler water control well.

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gjlb8114: In all due respect and reverence that is a pretty broad and absolute statement you are making? Every always? Perhaps you meant to say likely and occassionally.

I would agree that given the last two mild winters that we most likely will see an increase in all sort of crittters as warm weather has such a profound affect on the libido.

Respectively

[The Buckeyes]

So what do you do with a snake stuck on a glue board? How do you get rid of it? Is there someone to call if you discover a snake? Will they capture it and take it from the premesis?

[Villager Dude]

Originally Posted by Bobcuse

I live near a large golf course pond (we back up to the golf course) and have never seen a snake. We have the same screens John W has (above post) and in 10 years in TV have never had a critter inside our garage other than a gecko occasionally if I leave the screen open when I take the dog out. Highly recommend these screens with solar white screen to keep garage cooler and private from outside unless you have the garage light on. Just-In-Time does a great job for a very reasonable price.

We recovered a snake skin in our back yard today in the early morning. I have seen several small , 2 feet, snakes here but never one that was 4 feet.

I would be happy to relocate it , the snake, to your house if I can catch it. I hear thay are great to get your yard rid of mosquitos .

[Diveda]

I was puttering in my backyard of my cyv when I heard a thump. My pooch and I turned to see a huge black snake. Thick as my arm and several feet long. My dog thankfully did not go after it. She looked at me as if to say "what the h--l is that. Took my breath away. Since then I have heard of other sightings, garage, golf course etc. I don't think it was poisenous..a black or indigo snake.

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by The Buckeyes

So what do you do with a snake stuck on a glue board? How do you get rid of it? Is there someone to call if you discover a snake? Will they capture it and take it from the premesis?

We had that happen a few weeks ago when I left the screens open. A black racer about 4 foot long had it's head struck in the glueboard and I could see if I just threw it out it would starve to death so I dispatched it. About ten minutes later it's mate come looking for it and fled. I hateth hatd to do it but there is no body to call. This past november I had a 3 foot pygmy rattlesnake cross in front of my cart by the second hole on El Diablo. Messed him up bad. The ambassador came by later and said , " yeah. That's why we tell people to stay out the bushes. You won't hear them rattle either"

[Cathy H]

why are our villagers surprised to hear we have snakes around? does it imply we are not paradise below? I have seen snakes quite regularly; they like to hang in low bushes and will flee when approached. they are part of a balanced natural environment and are actually good to have in your garden as they keep the population of the small lizards down. Hubby "sweaty" always bumps our foundation bushes as soon as he enters the yard to avoid being surprised by one.

[kstew43]

we purchased a home 7 years ago on the golf course that backs to a river in the plantations. We have snakes all the time. I have tryed moth balls so much that my car smells. I line them in the garage door, a whole box, and then I put the rat sticky traps on the corners of the garage door.

This is our vacation home so we keep no food or much of anything in the garage.

We get 6-10 snakes a year stuck on the sticky pads. Sometimes even a mouse. They are almost always dead because we come up once a month or so. but we have had to kill one that followed us into the garage when we pulled in the car. We swept him out but he kept coming back in, so we had to do what we had to do. Seems to happen more in the colder months.

They also shed there skins behind the power box and cable wires on the side of the house. We live in a neighborhood of about 200 homes in the center of the plantations. Not as rural as you would expect.

The fact that they may or may not be the "good snakes" means nothing to me, a snake is a snake. They are usually between 2-3 feet long and as thin as your thumb, sometimes thinner, but to tell you the truth, I don't look, I will get anyone walking by to take the sticky pad and put it into the trash for me. I just can't seem to do it myself.

We have our main home in south florida and live on the water and have seen 2 snakes in the past 17 years. Thats the only downfall I have to moving to central florida, beside the heat.

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by kstew43

we purchased a home 7 years ago on the golf course that backs to a river in the plantations. We have snakes all the time. I have tryed moth balls so much that my car smells. I line them in the garage door, a whole box, and then I put the rat sticky traps on the corners of the garage door.

This is our vacation home so we keep no food or much of anything in the garage.

We get 6-10 snakes a year stuck on the sticky pads. Sometimes even a mouse. They are almost always dead because we come up once a month or so. but we have had to kill one that followed us into the garage when we pulled in the car. We swept him out but he kept coming back in, so we had to do what we had to do. Seems to happen more in the colder months.

They also shed there skins behind the power box and cable wires on the side of the house. We live in a neighborhood of about 200 homes in the center of the plantations. Not as rural as you would expect.

The fact that they may or may not be the "good snakes" means nothing to me, a snake is a snake. They are usually between 2-3 feet long and as thin as your thumb, sometimes thinner, but to tell you the truth, I don't look, I will get anyone walking by to take the sticky pad and put it into the trash for me. I just can't seem to do it myself.

We have our main home in south florida and live on the water and have seen 2 snakes in the past 17 years. Thats the only downfall I have to moving to central florida, beside the heat.

This product works for some people:
Serpent Guard | Natural Snake Repellent

[Vicki.baker@aol.com]

I also live in TV in an neighborhood with no water or grassy area close by.....but, I have had 4 snakes in my yard, and one in my garage. I am very careful to keep my door down as much as possible....but one got in and stuck to the sticky pad I had on the floor. Luckily my yard men were here and when they heard me yelling.....they came and took it away. I too have had a rather large black snake living under my AC. I walk carefully in my yard and don't handle or get into my bushes.......they are out there and I HATE SNAKES. THAT IS A REAL DOWN SIDE FOR ME TO BEING IN Florida.