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mother of 2
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 09:44 pm |
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| OK, so I saw a snake today slithering around toward the back of my husband's garage. I thought for a minute I was going to pass out. Does anyone know if the old tale about moth balls keeping snakes away is true? My husband swears it is, and has now spread about 4 boxes of them around his garage.
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 09:46 pm |
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| PROBABLY A KING SNAKE OR RAT SNAKE ... I WOULD KEEP IT/... Attachment: XP7KCA1UZSMRCAP0EKVYCA43FBE1CAC80EB2CAMK9ENNCAY7CD2UCAI8087LCAFWTEV6CA0N6O21CADORN4YCAXDKEBCCAOEGZ5TCASGZ86WCAIHS0DECAZYQ335CAV2677CCABCIWFICADZKXV0.jpg (Downloaded 125 times)
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 09:50 pm |
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If you've got snakes then you've got things snakes like to eat. Which is worse?
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jpgreen007
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 09:54 pm |
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| THE LATTER..... SNAKES ARE CLEAN RATS ARE WELL JUST RATS... Attachment: XP7KCA1UZSMRCAP0EKVYCA43FBE1CAC80EB2CAMK9ENNCAY7CD2UCAI8087LCAFWTEV6CA0N6O21CADORN4YCAXDKEBCCAOEGZ5TCASGZ86WCAIHS0DECAZYQ335CAV2677CCABCIWFICADZKXV0.jpg (Downloaded 122 times)
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Rdnckgirl1973
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 09:57 pm |
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mother of 2 wrote: OK, so I saw a snake today slithering around toward the back of my husband's garage. I thought for a minute I was going to pass out. Does anyone know if the old tale about moth balls keeping snakes away is true? My husband swears it is, and has now spread about 4 boxes of them around his garage.
I had heard this too. We used to live on the Coosa River and I would go buy 20 boxes of moth balls from the Dollar store. I would take a hammer and bust up 10 boxes and spread it around the house and then take the other 10 boxes and just throw the moth balls all over the yard. I have to say that I never saw a snake in our yard. My hubby saw some on the ank but none ever got in the house or close that I ever saw.
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 10:13 pm |
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That explains something to me! When we moved into our house the whole front yard smelled like moth balls. We found a few half-disintegrated ones. The previous owners must have tried that.
I guess it doesn't last forever because we've seen some beautiful king snakes.
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 10:35 pm |
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| When I was a kid, Granny always put lime around the outside of the outhouse to keep the snakes away. Nothing worse than sitting your naked butt down on a snake. We haven't seen any around here which is strange since we have a farm, but I leave them alone and hope they will leave me alone.
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Rdnckgirl1973
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 11:35 pm |
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| I say put some more out! I was going to buy some Snake away and since it just smelled like moth balls so that is what I bought instead.
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mother of 2
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 01:40 am |
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| Well all we have around our garage is 2 lawnmowers, and a propane tank. We have a lot of frogs b/c we have a pool, and hubby thinks they are around to eat the frogs. I am horrified at the sight of a snake, king snake or rattle snake, they are all the same to me. Hopefully the moth balls will work, but now the smell around his garage is awful (lol).
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 01:43 am |
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| Mothballs do work and you have to put fresh ones out each year.
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The_WaTchR
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 01:59 am |
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I found this info online:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/tn_wmsnakerepellent.html
I also found this at Wikipedia:
Older mothballs consisted primarily of naphthalene, but due to naphthalene's flammability, modern mothballs use dichlorobenzen instead. Both of these ingredients have a strong, pungent odor often associated strongly with mothballs. Camphor, an insect repellent, can be used in mothballs also.
The idea with both chemicals is to kill moths and moth larvae with the fumes. Both naphthalene and pera-dichlorobenzene sublimate, meaning they transition from a solid straight to a gas. The gas is toxic to the moths.
For either of these chemicals to be effective, they need to be placed with the clothing in a sealed container so the fumes can build up and kill the moths. In a sealed atmosphere like this, the fumes are not harmful to people because they are contained. The main threat would occur when opening the containers, or from wearing clothes immediately after opening (especially a problem for infants). A solution is to open the containers outside and let the clothes hang and air out for a day before wearing.
Adolescents have recently been found to use mothballs for huffing. Mothballs have also been found to be a carcinogen (i.e. a cancer-causing agent).
Other uses illegal
Mothballs have also been used for a number of other purposes, such as as a snake repellent, or to keep away silverfish, mice or other pests. Such usages are dangerous to humans, animals and the environment and are illegal.
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 02:12 am |
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| I was raised up ,"Only Good Snake Is A Dead Snake". Dont like em !
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 02:15 am |
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BEENAROUND wrote: I was raised up ,"Only Good Snake Is A Dead Snake". Dont like em !
They have their purpose in life. You have a snake in the yard you won't find many rats and other varmits lurking about. Would rather have a snake as a neighbor than a rat any day of the week.
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 02:15 am |
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 10:13 am |
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| I don't want either, but I can handle a rat trap better than an snake
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