Has anyone used Snake Fencing to keep snakes out? Does it work?

Hi Naomie! Greetings from Southern AZ. We live on 40 acres with another million surrounding us. When we first moved here we had 2 horses and I’d find at least 5 snakes every snake season, Mojave’s mostly. They started diminishing every year as we got more horses. This year we have 12 horses and I have not seen 1 snake. The horses run freely on our property. What I’m getting from the cattle ranchers surrounding us is that the snakes move away from the constant sound (pounding on the ground) thumping, and sound waves. I don’t know why but this would explain the advertisements I saw in the internet for (snake thumpers), I did some checking around and seems they sell solar powered ones. Only thing is you have to keep replacing them every month or so. They also keep the rats, mice, ground squirrels and pack rats away, there’s another benefit. I found it too expensive to have to keep replacing them, so I talked to a reptile specialist who turned me onto “DTE” (Diatomacious Earth)

“FOOD GRADE” PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT!! All it is.... is pulverized oyster shells. It’s safe for all critters, they even sprinkle it on dog food for added calcium. Some ranchers here use it on their cattle too so it must be safe. I get a 50 pound bag of it from the feed store for about 30 bucks. It goes a long way. Get a strainer with large holes. It’s a flour consistency so it’s harder and takes longer to spread it around with a sifter, then sift away Throughout your yard and the areas where you see them hang out. Here’s another big benefit, it kills ants roaches and any HARD SHELLED INSECTS. It’s like glass to them, when they step onto the DTE it dehydrates them and kills them. I Powder the horses with it during fly season To keep the flys off them. It works cause I hardly see them swishing their tails around keeping the flys off and I hardley see flys hovering around their eyes and faces. It’s windy a lot here which is great cause it just spreads it around more. Try sprinkling it around on not so much a windy day though. Rain is no problem either because it packs it into the ground. Mostly dirt and Miles of prairie here. My yard looks like Xmas but I don’t see any crawly things or insects hardly ever and the flys are down to a minimum. The horses are happy, my pets are happy and I’m happy. In fact I haven’t seen 1 snake this year. Hope that helps, oh! As far as what it does to the snakes and why they don’t like it is that when they slither on it, it dehydrates them right away and they don’t like it so they move away from it to find somewhere moister. Hope you don’t have a pond or pool around. Not within miles from us. WORKS FOR ME! I only use it during snake and fly season. Not that costly either. Everybody benefits but the snakes, flys and insects. Gudaye!

Maria

Hello. Did you come up with a solution for the gates?

Snakes regardless of venom or not regardless of continent you live on they do not dig. They burrow in old holes but they can’t dig a hole what do you suppose they would use? Worms can becuse they digest the dirt and fill the hole right back. If snakes dig where do they put the extra dirt?

Although some snakes burrow, most do not and are just traveling through existing holes that were created by chipmunks, mice and other small mammals. Snakes hibernate in these burrows as well as in rock crevices and hollows. Like many animals, snakes mate in the early spring when they come out

While it is true that snakes often hide in holes, they do not construct their holes themselves -- these are primarily the former holes of rodents, turtles and frogs. Additionally, snakes hide inside tree hollows, or under the leaf litter, rocks or bark.

Thanks! I have solved all the snake issues. There are 6 cats and 6+ dogs in my yard, plus a toddler next door that visits often. Moth balls are a great remedy but with pets and kids I skipped it. Killing snakes unnecessarily really gets my goat. Everything has a right to live, just not in my house or yard. My personal preference is to relocate safely. Thanks for responding!

Oh yes! Was a bit of a process, as expected, but well worth it. Thanks for asking.

My back yard is completely fenced in. I installed snake fencing all around my back yard and installed coyote rollers. On the fences that lead to the back yard.