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2010年2月6日 · I set it along the wall inside of my coop and 2 days later had a rat snake in it, A couple days later a copperhead and then another, so I dug around till I found the two old traps and set them inside also and today I had two more copperheads, I knew I had snakes but didn't know it was this bad and am really loving the effectiveness of the ...
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2009年7月2日 · Yes, the snake dies somewhere but after losing baby chicks, eggs, baby rabbits and bantams to them, I don't feel too badly for them. Coons, possums, skunks are trapped in live animal traps using sardines for bait.
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2014年7月19日 · It is a minnow trap, the kind that has an inverted cone on both ends. I cut the smooth small circle off each end so the edges were jagged. Just trapped my first rat snake or chicken snake, a 4-5 footer. In fact, I had given up on the traps and left the eggs in there so they were really old. So snakes don't necessarily detect old eggs from new ones.
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2018年5月21日 · It’s so frustrating because I know how strongly our Western rat snakes are drawn to guinea fowl eggs. I usually catch them by hand, but I was feeling whimpy that day and didn’t want to get bit/sprayed. I should have left the snake eating guinea eggs undisturbed and located gardening gloves then grabbed the snake amd relocated.
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2007年4月14日 · I have been so nervous all day today that I have checked on them almost every 30 mins. The rat snake was released to go on his way and terrorize some other critter. I have no problem with snakes, I like them, I just like my chickens more. I will pick up this bird netting asap. I have new baby silkies that wouldn't stand a chance with a rat ...
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2008年6月18日 · Any trap you make put at a corner or alongside a wall. Ratsnakes are probably the most common your going to deal with, and if given the choice they will climb so keep that in mind when setting traps or snakeproofind a place.
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2009年6月18日 · I cant give away my patent design,but heres the jist. Plastic garden netting with the half inch square holes.(tractor supply) Cut to leangth,as long as your coop. Roll untill you have about 6 coils.wrap that with another piece leaving the …
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2012年10月4日 · Chased a 4-5' black snake around and through my pen and coop and it left. Two days later I realized it has been eating the eggs and entering through the open door when girls are out in the day. I set a minnow trap with eggs for bait next to the pen and caught it in 3 days. I'm pretty sure it's the one, anyway. So took it miles away and let him go.
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2009年5月11日 · As for treatment, I have no clue. We just built a snake trap. I got the plans for it off of here as a matter of fact. It's made of rolled fencing (plastic stuff) I'm not sure what it's called off the top of my head. But it does work.! GOOD LUCK Hope you don't lose anymore
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2013年7月12日 · Snakes are long, legless carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Fifteen families of snakes are currently recognized, comprising of more than 2,900 species. The largest living species are the reticulated pythons, which can reach 30 feet long, and the aquatic anaconda, the heaviest existing snake, which measures 25 feet.