Okay, does anyone have an idea what plant/herb might repel snakes? I have a
query from a reader who says I had an item in a column about an herb that
repels snakes. Doesn't ring any bells with me, and doesn't show up in my
self-generated index.
I'm curious about how Sleepy kills snakes. Apparently "to kill" is
instinctive, or have you trained her with a piece of rope, George? Does the
shake just snap the snake's spine, sort of a crack-the-whip type of
operation? How does she avoid being bitten? Thanks, Margaret L
rattlesnakemaster -- only I forget for the moment what that
is the common name for.
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margaret lauterbach wrote:
She shakes the snake just like she does rats and squirrels. Evidently it
snaps their spines. This is the first time I've seen her kill a snake
but had a dachshund years ago who was bitten by copperheads and small
rattlers on several occasions, she would get sick, drink lots of water,
lay around for two or three days and then the hair would fall off of the
bite area and never grow back. Have had cats who were snake killers too
and never saw any of them die or get bad sick from being bitten. Most
dogs instinctively grab something and shake it real good. One of them
there little wet-eyed professional lap dogs might not but real dogs do.
George
> Okay, does anyone have an idea what plant/herb might repel
> snakes? I have a
> query from a reader who says I had an item in a column about an herb that
> repels snakes.
According to GHOrganics, wormwood spray *might* work:
http://www.ghorganics.com/page14.html
Did you ever write about the insect repellant qualities of garlic juice?
http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~mcmahon/SCAPE.HTML quotes:
"It drives away serpents and scorpions with its smell . . . [and] roasted
with its own leaves, it is applied with oil, [working] very effectively for
serpents' bites (strikes)."
Garlic is good for snakebite, according to the language of Signatures, as
are:
Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) and Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot
(Cimicifuga racemosa)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/tico.html
REPELLENT (SNAKE): A substance supposed to keep snakes away. Allium,
Genipa, Nicotiana, Quassia, Simaba.
Ah, but finally,
http://ianrwww.unl.edu/pubs/Wildlife/g908.htm
Various home remedies have been suggested for repelling snakes. Several of
these were evaluated on whether they would repel black rat snakes (Elaphe
obsoleta). Treatments included moth balls, sulfur, gourd vines, a tacky bird
repellent, lime, cayenne pepper spray, sisal rope, coal tar and creosote,
artificial skunk scent, and musk from a king snake (eats other snakes). None
of these remedies prevented the snakes from crossing them.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
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