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In article <322D8926.69A@flyinggoat.com>,
Betty Cunningham  <bettyc@flyinggoat.com> wrote:
>next time, take the hose, put a jetting head on it (the kind with
>a gun-like grip is good) 
>and turn your water up very high so the pressure is way up there.
> Then hose the snake to a 
>better location.  They will generally move themselves off quickly
> after this kind of 
>treatment, and you don't have to go within 10 feet of them (hopefully.

Actually this was what I was hoping for, and exactly what I was using.
Unfortunately, instead of moving, the snake just kind of hunkered
down and got quiet. We have about 55 psi max. Maybe a better nozzle
or some way to get the hose closer next time. Only other thought
would be some kind of noose on a pole, and once you have the
thing caught, what you do with it is non-obvious.

>If you don't have room for this kind of maneuver, screening off the
>porch and other areas 
>now, while you know there aren't any more snakes there CURRENTLY,
>is a good idea.  Where 
>there's been one snake, there will probably be more some other time.  

So what height would you need for snakes ?

>There are lots of rattlesnakes in the hills around here after all,
>and they do eat gophers, 
>so they aren't that bad.

Agreed. Anywhere except close to the house is fine by me. Usually
we see them down near the creek, and always in really hot weather.
The rest of the year, they seem to prefer higher drier warmer
parts of the hills.

Thanks for your response.

Rob Kleinschmidt

>-Betty