shyfig Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I posted this in the breeder forum as people with alot of valuable dogs to protect will most likely know about this. I have seen the solar snake repellers for sale and wonder if they do in fact work or would I be better to fence the entire dog compound with super small mesh??? I am from NZ where we don`t have snakes so have never had this problem. The last thing I want is to lose any of my dogs to a snake so any advice would be much appreciated. When they're working, yes, but they break-down often. We found the best thing to do was to put an electric fence about 4 inches from the ground around the perimeter of our yard(s) - it happily fries snakes and cane toads. One just has to remove carcasses regularly to ensure the fence isn't shorting. The only time we've had a problem is when the fence isn't working. We've also introduced Guinea Fowl and chooks who help with these vermin, plus ticks (not to mention create exciting entertaiment for the canine family). We live in Qld so desparate measures had to be taken. How do Guinea fowl and chooks help with keeping snakes away?? And would anyone know why I've had to start a new topic to reply? Each time I hit reply button at end of someones post I am told error don't have permission . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkeyre Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) you need to be a breeder to post in the breeders community. New access requirements to take effect Monday 25th September.The breeder forum is a specialised semi-restricted forum mainly for the use of registered breeders. Everyone has access to read and start topics in this forum. However the only members who can reply to topics are •the original poster (who can reply in topics he/she starts) •registered breeders who have been given unrestricted access (see access requirements below). Because of the restrictions on who will be able to participate in discussions, you will need to decide if your topic should still be placed in this forum, or be placed in the General Dog Discussion forum which has unrestricted access by all. By posting in this forum, you acknowledge that only yourself and registered breeders will be able to reply. Requirements for unrestricted access Registered breeders who have had at least one litter (or are expecting a litter) and wish to gain unrestricted access can send a PM to Troy or email [email protected] with the following information... •your name •your forum username •your breed (s) •your breeder prefix •what canine body you are registered with Breeders who belong to working registries are welcome to participate. The forum administrator will also have discretion to give full access to other members who may not fully qualify but where we believe there will be a mutual benefit if they do have full access. (We can see this only rarely happening though) Please note that by being granted unrestricted access, you are expected to act in a reponsible manner at all times. Keep all personal disputes out of discussions. If people come asking for advice and they are met with abuse, then your unrestricted access will be removed. Edited October 15, 2010 by Parkeyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 How do Guinea fowl and chooks help with keeping snakes away?? free range chooks and dinosaur birds/guineafowl scratch around in the shady type of spots snakes seek out .. they may also eat small rodents etc which may have provided snake food..and guineas especially will kill small snakes.Ours have ,regularly. They will also alert us to a snake's presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Snake repellers have gotten lots of air on DOL, mostly debunking them, including some lovely input from snake fanciers, who seem to think they're quite funny and totally worthless. Try a search. I think most of the posts have been in the General forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyfig Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 you need to be a breeder to post in the breeders community.New access requirements to take effect Monday 25th September.The breeder forum is a specialised semi-restricted forum mainly for the use of registered breeders. Everyone has access to read and start topics in this forum. However the only members who can reply to topics are •the original poster (who can reply in topics he/she starts) •registered breeders who have been given unrestricted access (see access requirements below). Because of the restrictions on who will be able to participate in discussions, you will need to decide if your topic should still be placed in this forum, or be placed in the General Dog Discussion forum which has unrestricted access by all. By posting in this forum, you acknowledge that only yourself and registered breeders will be able to reply. Requirements for unrestricted access Registered breeders who have had at least one litter (or are expecting a litter) and wish to gain unrestricted access can send a PM to Troy or email [email protected] with the following information... •your name •your forum username •your breed (s) •your breeder prefix •what canine body you are registered with Breeders who belong to working registries are welcome to participate. The forum administrator will also have discretion to give full access to other members who may not fully qualify but where we believe there will be a mutual benefit if they do have full access. (We can see this only rarely happening though) Please note that by being granted unrestricted access, you are expected to act in a reponsible manner at all times. Keep all personal disputes out of discussions. If people come asking for advice and they are met with abuse, then your unrestricted access will be removed. Oh thanks....I didn,t conciously realize I was reading a post from the breeders section. Still getting the hang of the forum!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wags Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I posted this in the breeder forum as people with alot of valuable dogs to protect will most likely know about this. I have seen the solar snake repellers for sale and wonder if they do in fact work or would I be better to fence the entire dog compound with super small mesh??? I am from NZ where we don`t have snakes so have never had this problem. The last thing I want is to lose any of my dogs to a snake so any advice would be much appreciated. When they're working, yes, but they break-down often. We found the best thing to do was to put an electric fence about 4 inches from the ground around the perimeter of our yard(s) - it happily fries snakes and cane toads. One just has to remove carcasses regularly to ensure the fence isn't shorting. The only time we've had a problem is when the fence isn't working. We've also introduced Guinea Fowl and chooks who help with these vermin, plus ticks (not to mention create exciting entertaiment for the canine family). We live in Qld so desparate measures had to be taken. How do Guinea fowl and chooks help with keeping snakes away?? And would anyone know why I've had to start a new topic to reply? Each time I hit reply button at end of someones post I am told error don't have permission . Guinea Fowl, particularly, are great bug hunters (so are chooks, but GF are more efficient) and tend to cut the tick population down, particularly at the nymph stage. When we moved where we are it was rampant with ticks, and we lost two dogs, had several more in hospital, despite collars, spot ons etc. Since we've had our GF and chook population roaming the house yard and into the surrounding paddocks the problems have almost disappeared, with one or two tiny little ticks found since. GF are also great snake predators and will gang up and kill snakes, making quite a racket in the process. They call them the 'gardeners friend' for these reasons, but we call them the canine's friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Know nothing about snake repellers. Guinea fowl and peafowl are reputed to keep snakes away - waking on the ground (vibrations) and eating small snakes are supposed to be what they do best. Both are also quite noisy, so that probably keeps the snakes at bay too. I am not sure about chooks - had a brown snake helping himself to the eggs, so that was hardly "keeping the snakes away" - I'd go for the guinea fowl. Foxes don't seem to get them either, and I do think they eat small ticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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