hi i'm jim harmon with california pest managementhere in sunny southern california. what happens when you get a snake and it's either in yourhouse or it's in your garden, but it's already here? well first off, make sure you know whattype of snake you're dealing with. if it's poisonous or non-poisonous. most of us, we'refreaking out anyway and we're not going to care if it's poisonous or not, we're callingsomebody that knows what they're doing, which
how to deter snakes from your house, is my best recommendation. if you're not sure,call a professional. if you know it's a rattlesnake or any other poisonous snake, call a professional,let them take it and remove it. this is not the time for how-to's. now one of the thingswhen dealing with snakes is if you think you have them around your house or you want toprevent them from getting in, is go around,
look at all your crawlspace vents, make surethey're all sealed up nice and tight and the screen's in really good shape and any woodpiles, anywhere they could hide, remove those.
from a chemical standpoint, the use of mothballsor naphthalene flakes, which is an old wives tale, but it does actually work, unfortunatelyyou got to tolerate that odor also. so it may not be the best alternative. keep themout, get rid of the food and clean up all the clutter, that'll take care of 90% of yourproblem.
