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Do Mothballs Work as a Snake Repellent?. Do mothballs keep snakes away? ... Do mothballs keep snakes away? ... Moth balls to repel animals is a myth. If you put them in a burrow the animal just tosses them out. On the ground animals just move around them. Some people use them thinking they are effective. But there is no harm...
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If you use this substance to repel snakes you will have to keep the rodent population in check through other means on your own. Snakes help you with rodent control and the fact that they also pose potential a threat to you is merely an unfortunate accident of nature.
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IS it true that moth balls repel snakes??? HAd a couple of snakes get ito our house and the b/f put out moth balls every where. Now it smells like an old person house. Yuck. But better than snakes. Just wondering if it was worth it. ... Re: Mothballs/snakes Tom A 04:08:37 06/08/03 (0)
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No surefire product will repel snakes from a yard, although some commercial products containing sulphur or naphthalene (mothballs) are sold with claims to do so.
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Well-manicured yards are also unattractive to snakes. A small-meshed screen fencing with a few inches buried in the ground around the yard is a good snake barrier. A high concentration of mothballs in cloth bags placed in areas where rattlesnakes congregate may repel them.
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>With spring rains and warmer weather come two dangerous poison hazards: >mushrooms and mothballs. >Mushrooms growing wild can be extremely toxic. If parents suspect a >child has ingested even one bite, they should call a poison center >immediately. Never spread mothballs on the floor or yard to >repel snakes and bats.
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Cut Hedge Apples (Osage Orange) in half and place several in the basement, around in cabinets, or under the house to repel roaches. ... Instead of using toxic mothballs in clothing storage areas, use cloves which work as well. Place them in cheese-cloth or spice bags and hang them in closets ... Garter snakes, grass snakes,
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Is there any possible truth to this belief? Could the camphor or other chemicals in mothballs repel snakes in any fashion? Our family is curious if Mom is bonkers, or just smarter than the rest of us.....
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Various home remedies have been suggested for repelling snakes. Several of these were evaluated on whether they would repel black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta).
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