Snakes wander into homes in search of prey and nesting sites or find themselves inside purely by accident. Because snakes cannot chew or dig, they must gain entrance through small holes and cracks usually created by rats and mice. Depending on their size, snakes may even be able to slither under gaps in doors. Once inside, snakes travel throughout houses inside walls, pipes, and around trusses.
How Snakes Get into Your Home
Snakes enter your home when the conditions inside are suitable and means of entry are available. Snakes do not create any property damage and cannot create an entrance to your home. Generally, snakes make their way into your home on the hunt for a rodent. But sometimes, snakes will seek out the shelter of your home.
Two common entry points include any cracks in your foundation and gaps around doors. You are most likely to see a snake under your porch, in a crawl space, or in the garage. However, snakes have some outstanding climbing abilities, so it’s possible to find them in the attic.
Sealing up these entry points is the most effective snake control method to keep snakes out of your home. It can help prevent a snake problem. But it can also help you prevent rodents from coming into your home.
How Do You Know If You Have a Snake Problem?
The number one indicator that you may have a snake hiding in your home is finding a shed snakeskin. In addition, if you notice droppings that are dark brown/black in color with a white tip, you may be dealing with a snake infestation.
Why Are Snakes in My House?
Snakes are in your house seeking shelter from the Florida heat or hunting. Snakes are ambush hunters so they wait near prey activity. If that’s the case for you, the snake infestations is a secondary concern. Rats and mice damage your house and spread diseases to you and your family.
Should I Worry about a Snake in the Yard?
A snake in your yard probably is not a big deal. Most of the snakes in Florida are non-venomous, and all snakes will not strike unless provoked. Avoid the snake but observe it to make sure it leaves. Having snakes hang out in the tall grass of yards can be dangerous. The pests strike if they feel threatened, and the bites of venomous snakes can be deadly. To reduce the possibility of attracting pests onto lawns, individuals should mow grass regularly, pick up piles of debris, trim back thick vegetation around building foundations, and stack firewood off the ground. Since the availability of rodents also draws snakes to private properties, individuals should take actions, like getting tightly fitted lids for outdoor trash bins and removing clutter from basements, to reduce rat and mouse populations.
How Snakes Get into Panama City Pools
Snakes usually enter pools when they are in search of water or to find food. They also soak in pools to soften their skin when it’s time to molt. However, the majority of snakes found in pools end up there by mistake and simply can’t find their way back out. Despite being gifted swimmers, snakes are not built to use ladders and therefore have limited options when it comes to exiting pools. As such, the pests usually swim until they’re exhausted and then drown.
How to Keep Snakes Out of Your Pool
Individuals can purchase certain barriers and employ habitat modification techniques, like keeping vegetation in lawns trimmed and rodent proofing homes, to prevent finding snakes in pools. However, prevention doesn’t always work. Smaller snakes can sometimes be removed from pools with skimmers, but individuals should be extremely cautious because live snakes are capable of lashing out and biting. As property owners may find venomous or non-venomous species of the pest in private pools, bites can be deadly. Therefore, it’s best to contact the trained wildlife removal specialists from Critter Control to ensure the safety of all those involved.
Snake Removal in Panama City Beach
Snake removal is a tricky task, so it’s best not to go it alone. Instead, calling in professional help can ensure that you safely remove this slithering guest from your home for good.
The process starts with a thorough home inspection. Snakes are experts at squeezing into tight holes to stay out of sight. But our professionals will find all of their hidden corners.
During the inspection, we will look for what lured the snakes into your home. Unfortunately, snakes are often a sign of a rodent infestation. So, we will carefully look for any potential rodents that could act as a food source for the snakes in your home.
After the inspection, we will carefully remove the snakes. We do this with humane trapping. Snake traps include a funnel trap or glue board (vegetable oil harmless counteracts the glue and releases the snake). If the snake hasn’t moved, we can remove it with snake tongs. No snake removal job is finished until the rodent population is under controlled. An active rodent population will continue to attract snakes into your house.
As a wildlife removal company, we will not exterminate snakes as some pest control companies might. Snakes present little danger to people and fill an essential roll within a local ecosystem.