How do I remove a live snake out of my chicken coop?
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Question by ccandcompany8.2007: How do I remove a live snake out of my chicken coop?
I have a loose snake in with my chickens in the chicken coop. I need to remove the live snke.
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8 Responses to How do I remove a live snake out of my chicken coop?
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very carefully.
RainMan_CT
November 17, 2011 at 5:12 am
put on some gloves and put it outside or place a sheet over it and pick it up.
Me-ow
November 17, 2011 at 6:03 am
Rake him out with a stick
karl
November 17, 2011 at 6:32 am
call animal control…
succubus
November 17, 2011 at 7:21 am
very very carefully
andi_scott56
November 17, 2011 at 7:30 am
With a pronged stick and a bag. Then again, I think you may do it wrong…seek assistance. I really would hate to tell you how and you get struck…
Call game and fish
Bonnie "DuVall" Prater
November 17, 2011 at 7:58 am
This snake is almost certain to be a member of the Rat Snake family, which are often called “Chicken Snakes” in the Southern US for this very reason. That means that it is a non-venomous contrictor, if this is the case. If you have any doubts though, or any suspicion that it is a venomous snake, it’s best to contact someone to remove it for you rather than risk a bite. If it is indeed a Ratsnake, the best way to pick it up, if you’re not really comfortable handling snakes, is to use a pillow case(make sure it doesn’t have any holes in it!). With your hand inside the pillow case, pick up the snake by the front of its body-you don’t have to necessarily pin it by the back of the head, just make sure that there is not enough length for it to reach around the pillow case and bite you! A bite won’t be that bad(I’ve been bitten by 7-foot Rat Snakes), but again, if you aren’t really comfortable handling snakes, it can be very unnerving. With your other hand, invert the pillow case over the snake’s head and front part of its body, and push the rest inside the bag if it doesn’t go in willingly(snakes will usually voluntarily crawl down inside a dark space). Be prepared for the snake to release some potent stinky musk from its cloacal glands, much like a skunk does, and it won’t smell like roses! This is how they defend themselves, moreso even than with biting. Once the snake is in the pillow case, tie the end shut, making sure that you don’t tie up part of the snake inside the knot, and carry it away to a good place to release it. Snakes are often more unwilling to strike at a pillow case or a towel than a bare hand, if the snake is even prone to biting at all, and many aren’t unless you’re actually hurting them. I just pick up non-venomous snakes like I’d pick up a kitten, and it’s only on occasion that I encounter one that is really feisty and tries to bite.
PitbullLady
November 17, 2011 at 8:44 am
357 comes to mind, 22 colt or Luger.
rchrdhazze
November 17, 2011 at 9:34 am