Several ways to keep snakes away. A nice female cat or two who patrol the area. They kill the small snakes and make the adults leave the area because they are always annoying them. We had cats for years and they stayed away form the dogs. You get to play with the kittens too. Get a black snake and treat them well. They eat rattler babies and solve lots of problems. Rattlers dont like them and leave area or die out. Dont kill them and dont chase them with the lawn mower either. They keep down the rodent and frog population too. A seven foot black snake solves many problems. From Sunny S. Florida Sue and Glenn Sherwood See us at http://www.germanshepherdsrus.com glenwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================