INDWELLING: Homes for the Future we Need

On Apr 20, 2012 at 11:25 pm, vantcUBaF said:

Frankly, I haven't come up with any way to keep them out other than just killing them. I have a feirnd near here who would catch them and release them far from his place. Eventually they would find their way back over there (he noted some scars or other markings on the snake that he moved, so he knows it was the same one).Fortunately, we haven't had a problem with them recently (as far as I know, anyway). I'm surprised that they swallowed the golf ball. I had always heard that they could tell that it wasn't a real egg. The only solution I heard to that is to blow an egg and then carefully fill it with plaster of paris or some other material. The snake would be fooled by the egg shell, then the egg would kill it.All the chickens I have now are Heavy breed birds, so the snakes don't try to bother them. On the other hand, I have 10 chicks that are about a week old (I really need to post photos!), and they would certainly be a tempting target. Where they are, a snake could easily get to them.If you have photos, I'd sure like to post them. if you don't mind. You can send them as an attachment to and I'll post them (and, of course, include photo credit to you).