All I can say is I've used CRUSHED UP moth balls starting from the house and moving outward and i haven't seen a snake in my yard in over 7 years. That's all the proof I need.
The problem with your test is that no snake is gonna sit in that circle because he doesn't want to be there regardless of whether or not he hates mothballs. If he is trying to get away he'll cross those moth balls so... 🤷🏾♂️
Jerry Lightbourne if you read my other comments I cover that and talk about how I have relocated snakes from properties that are covered in Mothballs. I have photos of snakes laying in Mothballs at relocates. Also if you look through the comments I posted research papers on this subject also. This video is just a short field test video. Mothballs and other snake repellents 100% do not work and if you read the scientific research I’ve posted links to you will see it’s scientifically proven not to work.
Not a good test. Snake is gonna run away from wherever you put it. He should be out of the circle with incentive to go in the circle and see if he would attend.
The way this was always explained to me was the moth balls were used to discourage critters the snakes pursue.... As a result, they "deter" snakes from hunting in a given area...such as a shed, under a trailer, etc.
It’s a good theory but mothballs aren’t effective against things like rats either evident by the massive amounts of rat droppings found in many areas where mothballs are used. Also snakes eat more than just the critters that are effected by mothballs.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran Yeah, where I saw it actually seem to work was on chipmunks and mice under a trailer skirting and in a shed on a property with an adjoining oak forest. My guess is the bugs they were chasing didn't like the balls, so the rodents retreated to the woods with the snakes chasing them. But, like you said, just a "theory" based on old local stories.
Snakes and almost any trapped/threatened animal would go through a ring of fire to escape/survive. Let alone a ring of Moth Balls. Not hatin' just sayin'.
Well Mr. Davis. I've read both sides of the story on the internet and from my personal experience, we didn't have a snake problem after they were used. Here is my story. My parents bought a house in a heavily wooded area. After winter, we began to see about five or six rattle snakes each day around the property. These were huge and an average of one and half meters. Someone told my parents to spread mothballs around the property. After about a week of spreading mothballs, we didn't see any more snakes. We lived there for eight years and never saw any kind of snake for those eight years. Knowing that mothballs are so bad for the environment, I would chose a different method if I ever have a snake problem.
Chris you have to work on Habitat Modification. You can also use hardware cloth but there are no chemicals that work. Read this research paperwork. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Sulfur and mothballs DO work as a deterrent. Putting mothballs directly into the ground is a no no. But here is the safe way to do the sulfur mothball application: PART 1 Take a dispoable plastic container that has a lid Punch holes in the container around the sides approx 2' from the bottom. Use about a cup of sulfur and about 6 mothballs on top in each and place around your property this will absolutely reduce snake sightings; and the mothballs will not enter the water table. PART 2 About once a month in the warmer months in a 1-2 gallon pump sprayer fill 3/4 with water put about 1 oz of Cinnamon Bark oil and 1 oz of Clove oil (use high quality oils for this and not extracts) and a squirt dish detergent (to create an emulsion) and shake well. Spray this solution around your property. Doing this will abosolutely reduce the sanke issue around your property been doing this for years AND IT WORKS! The key is be consistent once you create and envirormnent the snakes do not like they'll hunt prey elsewhere and avoid your space.
Thanku so much. I bought moth balls but since its harmful I will try your concusion and see what happens. Can u tell me where do I need to spray. Do i spray around the house or around the fence or both? Garage?
Mouth balls are noxious, seems like it works to me, they dont actually want to be near the mothballs, theyre just willing to have a little discomfort to escape the discomfort.
Exactly what I witnessed in this video demonstration, and a few times they didn’t even want to risk the discomfort he had to giving them a touch with the snake hook.
This really makes me feel like moth balls work. Try placing them 5 ft away and see the direction they take..towards or away from the moth balls would’ve been a better way to test this theory.
I'd like for you to test it in a different manner. I think your method didnt prove anything. 1st snake is trying to escape and the 2nd you made it move. I know you don't have to do what I say , I'm just challenging your point of view and I appreciate your concern for our environment buddy👍
+charles salado the snake I made move wasn’t because it didn’t like mothballs. It was just a very calm Cottonmouth. As far as the method I used. I did it this way because it’s a quick and easily filmed situation. There have been multiple larger scale tests done but it’s not possible to video document those tests because the video would be hours upon hours long. There have been enough tests done to safely say Moth Balls have no effect on snakes. If you have used them and not seen snakes it’s just a coincidence for example my wife dumps her coffee grounds out the back door and guess what I’ve never seen any snakes back there. That doesn’t mean coffee repels snakes it just means I haven’t seen any and my wife dumps coffee grounds out the back door. That’s all it means. Not having a snake problem is not proof mothballs work. Hopefully I explained it in a way that helps you.
I always thought the mothballs were used to get rid of a snake in a tight space like a car because they hate the smell of mothballs, I’ve always been told the smell drives them out because they hate it.
It works, thanks. They are getting the hell away from the moth balls. You already stated that they were lazy and didnt want to move. When they got around those moth balls, they wanted to move then.
Joseph B there have been many studies done on the effects of mothballs on snakes and the tests have proven that mothballs have zero ability to detour snakes. It is also illegal to use mothballs in this manner. The warnings on the package even state that it’s against EPA standards to use them for anything other than what the box says there intended for.
LadyE100 your own words said it is a violation to use the product for anything not described on the box. That means using it to repel snakes is a violation. Snakes are not considered to be a pestilence because they don’t cause diseases and destroy crops or property. They actually eat the animals that do. This is going to be my final response to one of your comments due to the Fact that you just enjoy being argumentative and will not except anything except for what you believe to be true even though the facts say different. Did you know that there are thousands of people that believe the Earth is Flat? No matter what facts or evidence you give them they still deny the truth using the same king of logic and argument you and others try to use. I understand it’s hard to let go of tradition and the things our parents and grandparents may have taught us but in this case they were wrong and real science is on my side. I hope you can figure that out but I can’t change everyone. Folks like you make my job more exciting and I’ve enjoyed our discussion but it’s now time to walk away and let the truth speak for me. Good day.
Mothballs will drive away most of the snake's prey animals and insects right? So possibly they will serve to keep the snakes away too because a snake isn't likely to hang around where there is no food?
Robert G no sir. I actually just did a snake relocate yesterday at a house where the property and attic were infested with rats and a Ratsnake was chasing them around her attic and property. She had snake away spread all over her property and even in the attic but the rats and snakes were not bothered. Snake away contains both Mothball chemicals and sulfur plus other chemicals. I have video of all this if you want to drop an email address I can send it to.
I'm surprised that it did not drive the rats away. I use mothballs to keep rats and mice out of my shop and they work great for that purpose. Since I started using them I have not seen a mouse or rat and no signs of them in my shop. Thank you for taking time to reply, I appreciate that.
Robert G could be coincidence. The funny thing about proof is the lack of sightings of snakes and mice isn’t proof they work but finding them where the chemicals are used is proof they don’t work. Just the mechanics of it.
Jeremy Davis, It's proof enough to me when they suddenly abandon a place they were frequenting often. My shop was overrun with mice and rats when I first moved into this place. Once I started using the mothballs around the shop, they all left and there have been no further signs of them as long as I don't forget to renew the mothballs. They were after the dog food I store in the shop, I don't think they would all suddenly just stop coming to a source of food.
Robert G well I can give you all the Facts but it still comes down to your gonna believe what you want to believe. Scientific research proves they don’t work and so does all the relocates I’ve done from places covered in Mothballs and Sulfur.
Snakes evacuate the areas I put mothballs, but I leave an exit route overnight then fill it in the next day. Is the EPA gonna come after you for using mothballs for pests other than moths... *NO* .
They absolutely will fine you if given the opportunity. Go ahead and drop your address if you don’t think so 😆. As far as Mothballs being effective for repelling snakes it’s just not true. This video was just a quick easy representation of the research done. Science has actually 100% proven they don’t work. To many folks take into account the horrible smell of Mothballs but fail to realize that snakes do not smell in the same sense we do. How bad or not something smells has zero effect on snakes. All Mothballs left laying around in this manor do is poison the local ecosystem and water run off. If you would like actual scientific documentation on this subject I will be glad to provide it.
share.icloud.com/photos/0eqfluXLCfmF_N-mS_lJd0CfA this is at a relocate where the lady put Mothballs all around her property about a foot or two apart. I get called to relocates all the time where Mothballs are being used.
Ben Averitt just so you know you can get your dogs snake avoidance training. As far as repelling snakes you have to modify the habitat by keeping grass cut short, brush piles burned, trash picked up ect.. If it looks like a great place for prey items like mice, lizards, and frogs to live chances are snakes will be there hunting. You can also by hardware cloth to put around the fence on your property which will keep snakes out.
Jeremy Davis thanks Jeremy I appreciate the tips! I’ve looked into several products, the powders you lay out, vibration devices that stick into the ground, but can’t seem to find anything with good reviews.
Ben Averitt yah there’s just not a product that actually works. Snakes don’t have the same senses we have and really aren’t bothered by bad smells and such. Just keep the property in good shape and use that Hardware cloth. It will reduce the numbers.
Ben Averitt not for nothing Ben, but I read Jeremy’s answer to another person on here as to how he keeps snakes away. He pees off his porch everyday and said he hasn’t seen a snake on his property. So clearly, we all need to start using a Jeremy Urine as a repellent! (Heard it here first folks!) Jeremy, I want a cut of the profits if you start bottling and selling that! 🤣🤣🤣 PS- guys I know he was joking when he told that other person that, so don’t flame on here...or pee off your porch. Although that is a manly thing to do, so hell...go pee off your porch and wave proudly at your neighbor! Mine just flips me off and relocates his telescope when I do it.
Just feel like using them to keep them away would be a different scenario than thinking they would cross them or not.. they may still not like it and move away from it in time... idk? Thoughts?
Charles Mclean no. They were put inside the ring of Mothballs to show they will cross them and that they don’t slow them down therefore won’t prevent them on your property. You have to consider how snakes smell. They don’t smell like we do so no matter how bad something smells it doesn’t effect them like us. They actually taste there environment much more than smell. They deposit the chemical particles on the Jacobson’s organ in the roof of there mouth and then there brain interprets what the smell/taste is. I have literally found snakes laying in piles of Mothballs like there not even there. There’s plenty of science behind what I’m saying. Mothballs and other chemicals like sulfur have no effect on snakes. What those chemicals are is illegal to use as a repellent. The EPA will Levy large fines if you were to get caught. Here’s a great study on the effectiveness of Mothballs against snakes. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Brian Knight they don’t work and here’s some scientific research on the subject and the second website is the regulations on them. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2 npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/mothball/regulation.html
This was a bumb test if I was to put you in a large room of frest cut onions your going to walk over the onions to get out hence the snake is smelling it in all angles so he's finding a way out your test proved that it does work 🤣 dats like u say this stinks imma jus stay here n wiff it in some more lmao
Chad Blu you guys are missing the point. This is just a short visual representation of the truth to draw attention to it. Here’s the link to the scientific research done on it. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Take two identical glass containers (atriums), put mothballs in the 1st container.. Put no mothballs in the 2nd container. Then within a few seconds, place each snake in each container. See how they fair in 10 minutes.
This videos fucking hilarious. This guys talking about how dangerous these moth balls are and how it’s illegal to put them out. Then he proceeds to put a whole bag off moth balls and two venomous snakes in what looks like a high school football practice field lmao
Kyle Bunch this is a controlled test which is very different than spreading mothballs all over your property and just leaving them there. These moth balls were picked up right after the test and properly disposed of. What makes them dangerous is when there just left out as a deterrent that doesn’t work and they have time to poison the environment. They end up being absorbed by wildlife and also get into the run off and much more. Big big big difference. By the way keep the comments family friendly. My channel is an educational channel for not only adults but also children.
Moth balls attacks there brain they had no choose but cross them it do work that snake didnt want to cross them or comeout the bucket at first stop cappin 😅
Chihuahua Mom lives in Texas habitat modification is the only thing that works. If it looks like a mouse would live there then a snake will be there to eat it so keep the property cleaned up and all brush burnt. Don’t leave piles of ten and boards laying around. Keep grass cut short. The less habitat for prey items the less snakes you will have.
I think they work. It's not that they hate moth balls but they might have trouble hunting for food around moth balls. Trouble smelling mice and so forth. Possibly can't smell danger ether,, the stuff that hunts them they can't smell.
James Paul they have zero effect on snakes. They don’t smell the way we do. They taste the air and can break down each smell. Leave me an email address and I will send you the actual scientific paperwork on not just snakes and mothballs but also other chemicals like sulfur
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran guess I don't need proof it doesn't work... how about something that does? Apparently removing their food source and filling void in foundations and what not is about all that can be done?
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran every year at this time there will be snakes on my property some place if I look carefully 1st hot week. So for 3 weeks I been looking... nothing not even one. Its the 1st year I put snake b gone on the 1st hot day. So send me all the studies you want.
Mothballs are stupid and ineffective , but this test is even stupider. You could make a circle of eagles and the snake is still going to race through it to get to safety. Do a real test! Put some lines in a natural environment, and show which direction snakes choose to go when not frightened (path to avoid, or opposite direction right through). OR treat it more like an actual yard and put a mouse in the middle of the circle and the snakes on the outside. This video just ruins your credibility the way it's currently set up.
Dan-Kelley Young I guess you didn’t read any of my comments. This video wasn’t meant to be some special test. It’s just a quick visual reference of proven facts. To actually to a proper controlled test it would take days and days of video and cameras running 24/7.
Next build a fire and see if they will sit in it and burn to death. Nope they'll get out not because they dont mind being burnt but because they ain't gonna sit there. I mean chop one head off and it still moves. Is it because he is alive or because its natural to try and move. Anyway that test wasn't a test. Imo but respect your work.
Case-Dawg 100 send me you email address and I will send you pictures of snakes laying in mothballs and snake away at houses I’ve been called to for relocates. This test is just a visual representation of the truth
Great information! I googled the question, "Do moth balls keep snakes away?" and this was the top search result. I wonder if the people that did that search were of the same mind set that I had. Since it seems that snakes use smell above all of their other senses, wouldn't a strong, caustic smell that moth balls have deter snakes if they get too close. I'm not sure if this "experiment " can refute this thought. I'm quite sure that flames will burn me, and if I linger too long in flames, I will die. Yet, if I were released from my prison cell, with a promise of freedom on the other side of flames, I'm pretty sure I would take my chances diving through those flames. Your circle seemed kind of tight, and didn't seem like the snakes had much of a choice but to get the heck out of there, "bad" smell or not. Can you make a much wider ring, where the snakes actually have a choice?
John Bartley there is multiple videos of these kinds of tests here on RUclips. Some with large circles and some with small all the same results. I also have photos of where people put Mothballs around there house and there’s snakes inside those areas with the Mothballs. As far as scent you can’t have the same perception of how they smell because unlike us they pick up the particles more as a taste not as an actual smell. The collect the particles on there tongue and deposit them on an organ in the roof of there mouth so totally different than our sense of smell. We don’t have the same sense yet we think oh that stinks so it must keep snakes away. Just not the same.
Timothy Jackson no diesel will not work and is a major hazard and very much illegal to poor out on the ground freely. Snakes don’t smell the way we do.
Hmmmm, would it help if mothballs are left for few hours to release some gas? also keep a snake, a prey and in between a line of mothballs. Then chase the snake towards the prey by a stick or so, then will the snake repel from the line or go through or it depends on how hungry the snake is. Btw, what really repells the snakes? I have heard peacock or eagle feathers, mongoose or pig urine, cat or dog hairs etc. etc. Just do not know if they work or not.
Amit KP there is no known repellents for snakes. They do make a snake fencing that is effective but habitat modification is the best snake detourent ! What I mean by this is remove long grass, brush, trash, wood piles ect. from your property. If there is no habitat for a snake or it’s prey there will be no snakes except for the occasional snake crossing through to get somewhere else. Also snakes like Copperheads prey on Locust and June Bugs so keep night lighting to a minimum to detour over population of insects.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteranYes the habitat modification makes sense, cuts out both room and board for the snakes. Does keeping predators like eagles, pigs or mongoose work? somewhere i read that there is NO cure/vaccine for mongoose rabies. so if your mongoose passed it on to you someway then it will be a life threatening situation. even dog rabies, if given a full chance to develop inside the body is almost always fatal. it takes a while before symptoms show up and then it's quite late to defeat it.
Amit KP adding a top predator as you are suggesting would be extremely destructive to the local ecosystem and highly discouraged. Cats are often an animal people will use to control snakes on there property but they cause massive damage to the local ecosystems. Ferrel Cats are responsible for the extinction of large numbers of animals. As I stated habitat modification and snake fencing are the only two viable options to detour snakes without harming the ecosystems. As a last resort relocation of the snakes is also an option but can often be harmful to the snakes if taken to far from original home due to the strong homing instinct of some species. Some snakes will starve and die due to there strong focus on getting back to there known territory. Hope all this helps answer your questions.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran If area is 5-10 acres then keeping a fence is very high cost. So having a predator can help and if that is kept outside but fed regularly then would not hurt the ecosystem as much but its presence will chase away the dangerous dudes. Other than rats and squirrels there are only few others on "non jungle" type farm land anyways. Thx a lot for your inputs, look forward to more vids.
Dijon Holmes it’s only illegal if I leave them laying there. Nothing illegal about a demonstration. They can poison water and wildlife unless left there dipstick
No snake will sit in a circle but the snake won't come back to go in that circle either. The snake you sat down is fleeing for his life. But he won't go back in them for shits and giggles.
1st of all how can we know if the white ball on the grass are actually mothballs? You need to make another video opening the box with no editing and put the snakes again to the test.
Tania Cancel I’m actually going to do another one soon with more Mothballs but also some other chemicals people like to use like sulfur. Also will add all the photos I’ve taken doing snake relocates from peoples houses that were using Mothballs
Sulfur and mothballs DO work as a deterrent. Putting mothballs directly into the ground is a no no. But here is the safe way to do the sulfur mothball application: PART 1 Take a dispoable plastic container that has a lid Punch holes in the container around the sides approx 2' from the bottom. Use about a cup of sulfur and about 6 mothballs on top in each and place around your property this will absolutely reduce snake sightings; and the mothballs will not enter the water table. PART 2 About once a month in the warmer months in a 1-2 gallon pump sprayer fill 3/4 with water put about 1 oz of Cinnamon Bark oil and 1 oz of Clove oil (use high quality oils for this and not extracts) and a squirt dish detergent (to create an emulsion) and shake well. Spray this solution around your property. Doing this will abosolutely reduce the sanke issue around your property been doing this for years AND IT WORKS! The key is be consistent once you create and envirormnent the snakes do not like they'll hunt prey elsewhere and avoid your space.
+dianna daniels-orcutt it was most likely hunting the critter the trap was set for. If you get rid of all the mice and prey items the snakes will go elsewhere.
yes i was working under my house baby copperhead 12 inches crawling on my tarp i laid out to go under, i was kinda mindful after i saw that but got the job done, thank yu for the tip👏
Jay D Great cats are super destructive to the local ecosystems. Domestic cats are directly responsible for over 50 extinctions. Everyone ignores the big picture these days just for there own instant gratification and it’s horrible. Ignorance is bliss.
@@cmoore1985keith Yeah man, that's why I own 5 cats. After snakes keeps on coming to our backyard in rainy days I decided to adopt cats a lot of cats. They killed 3 snakes already.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran ,,no doubt their little killers ....they will kill a snake or trouble it so much it goes on. Cats murder everything smaller then them...other then frogs..i notice..frogs stop moving and cat gets out of murder mode..lol. Yeah Davis...people that watched your vid likely don't like snakes so we don't share your view. We would prefer our love ones not to step on a copperhead...we want snakes hurt not humans..... you clearly don't feel the same. Putting snakes on field where kids play is dumb. If something happen to you them snakes may have harmed folks in the future if you didn't retrieve them. But as you say ignorants is bliss...which it is a bad saying ignorance is dangerous.
James Paul education is the best protection against the things you mentioned not killing snakes or wrecking the ecosystem with invasive species like cats. Killing snakes actually increases your risk of being bitten not decrease it and cats are responsible for over a hundred extinctions so there not worth the destruction. Education is key. As far as views they don’t matter only the facts which is what I give. None of what I am saying is a view or an opinion or a feeling it’s all 100% fact even if I hated snakes.
This is the most foolish test to do because a snake will always cross over that tiny circle because for 1 they're not stupid, they will do what it takes to get away from the circle
JDWhit_ JDWhit_ the problem with that is I would have to make a video a year long to to visually show it. I understand where your coming from but this is just a visual presentation of the facts. I do have photoshop of snakes I’ve relocated lying in Mothballs people put out!
If you really think about what it is you are actually trying to achieve from the perspective of moth balls.. you crushed it! 😂😂😂 they don’t like the smell and want to leave. Point proven clearly, they would like to go away. If you caught me and had me in a bucket I would haul ass. We had a 4 ft timber rattlesnake come out of our ceiling from the crawl space when we were refinishing our basement kitchen. The power was out, big storm fast temp drop and he was resting on the light. 2 other small snakes earlier in the year made it in the house. Sealed everything up, lots of moth balls, no snakes. Clearly you are right! Moth balls and they go away! 😂
The old sayin is you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip …. Mothballs, and any other “snake” deterrent DOES NOT work Iam surprised the Cottonmouths didn’t chase you my brother lol you should know where that humor comes from 👍
C10 Kid they weren’t trying to get away from the Mothballs. They were being snakes trying to get out of the open and had no problem crossing the Mothballs.
Hi Jeremy, I like your video. We moved into our new home about 7 weeks ago and already encountered two puff adders on different occasions. Desperately looking for advice that works to keep them away. George, East London South Africa
George Morrison the best and most effective way to detour snakes from your property is habitat modification. Remove trash, clutter, food, brush, ect... from your property. You have to remove the habitat that the snakes and there prey live and thrive in. Keep the property well manicured. The only thing on the market that will help reduce the snakes other than what I explained above is snake fencing. They do sell a fence you can put around your property that snakes cannot come through that is effective if done correctly. Even with all the precautions occasional snakes will be encountered if you live in areas where humans have built into animal habitat areas. Even if there are snakes on your property if you use the proper precautions and pay attention to where you walk and reach along with giving any snakes you see a wide berth you are relatively safe from being bitten. A very large percentage of bites occur when people are trying to kill a snake. The instant you try to kill a snake your risk of being bitten goes up massively. Hope these things help you in the future and always feel free to ask questions.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran Alot of property and trees are being cut down near our property... it's driving the snakes here. I worry for my animals, what do I need to do?
Julie Sunshine there’s really nothing you can do to stop them from coming on your property if there being driven out of there habitat. You can put a snake fence around your property but it will get expensive. The best thing you can do is stay alert and watch where you put your feet and hands. Always use a flashlight when stepping outside at night. The snake levels will naturally slim down on there own as the snakes begin to find new areas to live.
Not true at all. I have photos and videos of snakes coiled up resting in mothballs. They have no effect. I’ve relocated just as many off properties with moth balls
Too often, people try mothballs and think that because they haven't seen a snake, the mothballs are working. Not seeing a snake because you've placed mothballs on your property is not proof that the mothballs work.
This video is stupid. I cant say if moth balls work or not but is it possible the snakes don’t like it but go through it cause some big person is scaring them and snakes are scared. For example most people don’t like to smell a stinky fart and walk away, but if you feel threaten by and animal far larger than you then you wouldn’t hesitate to walk through that smelly fart to get away. Lol
You wasted my time watching this video! Snakes hates that smell they’re not going to come around your house because that smell. Them snakes trying to get away from you lol
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All I can say is I've used CRUSHED UP moth balls starting from the house and moving outward and i haven't seen a snake in my yard in over 7 years. That's all the proof I need.
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The problem with your test is that no snake is gonna sit in that circle because he doesn't want to be there regardless of whether or not he hates mothballs. If he is trying to get away he'll cross those moth balls so... 🤷🏾♂️
Jerry Lightbourne if you read my other comments I cover that and talk about how I have relocated snakes from properties that are covered in Mothballs. I have photos of snakes laying in Mothballs at relocates. Also if you look through the comments I posted research papers on this subject also. This video is just a short field test video. Mothballs and other snake repellents 100% do not work and if you read the scientific research I’ve posted links to you will see it’s scientifically proven not to work.
MBAHTISRAEL chances are then even without the Mothballs you wouldn’t have had a snake.
@@cmoore1985keith same here in south Texas been using mothballs in front yard for years and have killed rattlesnakes on back yard never in front yard
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MBAHTISRAEL digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Not a good test. Snake is gonna run away from wherever you put it. He should be out of the circle with incentive to go in the circle and see if he would attend.
Imagine showing up to football practice the next day and seeing vipers on the field
ESOTERIC the neighborhood families, kids, and even police like to stop by when I got snakes on the field. They like learning.
WELL...MORE THAN LIKELY THEY WERE COMING TO RUN ANYHOW!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The way this was always explained to me was the moth balls were used to discourage critters the snakes pursue.... As a result, they "deter" snakes from hunting in a given area...such as a shed, under a trailer, etc.
It’s a good theory but mothballs aren’t effective against things like rats either evident by the massive amounts of rat droppings found in many areas where mothballs are used. Also snakes eat more than just the critters that are effected by mothballs.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran Yeah, where I saw it actually seem to work was on chipmunks and mice under a trailer skirting and in a shed on a property with an adjoining oak forest. My guess is the bugs they were chasing didn't like the balls, so the rodents retreated to the woods with the snakes chasing them. But, like you said, just a "theory" based on old local stories.
Snakes and almost any trapped/threatened animal would go through a ring of fire to escape/survive. Let alone a ring of Moth Balls.
Not hatin' just sayin'.
Excellent.... I like common sense.
it dont work that wat the balls are out in open put them in that bucket with the snacks and even with vent holes snacks be dead withing hours
Lol u expect the snake to just sit there?😂
Good one...
Well Mr. Davis. I've read both sides of the story on the internet and from my personal experience, we didn't have a snake problem after they were used. Here is my story. My parents bought a house in a heavily wooded area. After winter, we began to see about five or six rattle snakes each day around the property. These were huge and an average of one and half meters. Someone told my parents to spread mothballs around the property. After about a week of spreading mothballs, we didn't see any more snakes. We lived there for eight years and never saw any kind of snake for those eight years. Knowing that mothballs are so bad for the environment, I would chose a different method if I ever have a snake problem.
Reverend Randal Westbury read the research yourself. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Thanks for sharing this
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteranthanks. good to add this to description. Curious why some have personal experiences that show it worked?
So what can I use to keep em out. I am terrified of snakes 😱😱😱
Chris you have to work on Habitat Modification. You can also use hardware cloth but there are no chemicals that work. Read this research paperwork. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Chris and here’s some great info for you.
wsed.org/coexisting-with-wild-snakes-revised-version/
Sulfur and mothballs DO work as a deterrent.
Putting mothballs directly into the ground is a no no.
But here is the safe way to do the sulfur mothball application:
PART 1
Take a dispoable plastic container that has a lid Punch holes in the container around the sides approx 2' from the bottom.
Use about a cup of sulfur and about 6 mothballs on top in each and place around your property this will absolutely reduce snake sightings; and the mothballs will not enter the water table.
PART 2
About once a month in the warmer months in a 1-2 gallon pump sprayer fill 3/4 with water put about 1 oz of Cinnamon Bark oil and 1 oz of Clove oil (use high quality oils for this and not extracts) and a squirt dish detergent (to create an emulsion) and shake well.
Spray this solution around your property.
Doing this will abosolutely reduce the sanke issue around your property been doing this for years AND IT WORKS!
The key is be consistent once you create and envirormnent the snakes do not like they'll hunt prey elsewhere and avoid your space.
Thanku so much. I bought moth balls but since its harmful I will try your concusion and see what happens. Can u tell me where do I need to spray. Do i spray around the house or around the fence or both? Garage?
Mouth balls are noxious, seems like it works to me, they dont actually want to be near the mothballs, theyre just willing to have a little discomfort to escape the discomfort.
Snakes do not smell like we do. They taste the air breaking down each scent. We have to stop thinking like a human and think like a snake.
Exactly what I witnessed in this video demonstration, and a few times they didn’t even want to risk the discomfort he had to giving them a touch with the snake hook.
It would've have been useful to find out what does work.
This really makes me feel like moth balls work. Try placing them 5 ft away and see the direction they take..towards or away from the moth balls would’ve been a better way to test this theory.
I'd like for you to test it in a different manner. I think your method didnt prove anything. 1st snake is trying to escape and the 2nd you made it move.
I know you don't have to do what I say , I'm just challenging your point of view and I appreciate your concern for our environment buddy👍
+charles salado the snake I made move wasn’t because it didn’t like mothballs. It was just a very calm Cottonmouth. As far as the method I used. I did it this way because it’s a quick and easily filmed situation. There have been multiple larger scale tests done but it’s not possible to video document those tests because the video would be hours upon hours long. There have been enough tests done to safely say Moth Balls have no effect on snakes. If you have used them and not seen snakes it’s just a coincidence for example my wife dumps her coffee grounds out the back door and guess what I’ve never seen any snakes back there. That doesn’t mean coffee repels snakes it just means I haven’t seen any and my wife dumps coffee grounds out the back door. That’s all it means. Not having a snake problem is not proof mothballs work. Hopefully I explained it in a way that helps you.
I completely agree with the comment
csalinas0385 this test makes no sense to me
csalinas0385 heres the link to the research done on it. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Grizzly Country just read the scientific research yourself. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
I always thought the mothballs were used to get rid of a snake in a tight space like a car because they hate the smell of mothballs, I’ve always been told the smell drives them out because they hate it.
Glad I watched this because I was about to do a perimeter around my backyard. I had no idea.
Still do it
Whats the best remedy? My neighborhood has an increase of encounters with cotton mouths...
It works, thanks. They are getting the hell away from the moth balls. You already stated that they were lazy and didnt want to move. When they got around those moth balls, they wanted to move then.
Qruns El think again digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Ok, good test. So if moth balls doesn't work in your presentation, In the video explain what will. Thank you 😊
What does work to detour them?
Isn’t it supposed to keep them away that’s why they moved away from the moth balls!!!
Mikaela Davis no if it worked they would stay inside the circle so they wouldn’t have to cross them.
Joseph B there have been many studies done on the effects of mothballs on snakes and the tests have proven that mothballs have zero ability to detour snakes. It is also illegal to use mothballs in this manner. The warnings on the package even state that it’s against EPA standards to use them for anything other than what the box says there intended for.
They don't know what moth balls are but if it smells or taste bad, they gonna try move away! It doesn't work like kryptonite
LadyE100 your own words said it is a violation to use the product for anything not described on the box. That means using it to repel snakes is a violation. Snakes are not considered to be a pestilence because they don’t cause diseases and destroy crops or property. They actually eat the animals that do. This is going to be my final response to one of your comments due to the Fact that you just enjoy being argumentative and will not except anything except for what you believe to be true even though the facts say different. Did you know that there are thousands of people that believe the Earth is Flat? No matter what facts or evidence you give them they still deny the truth using the same king of logic and argument you and others try to use. I understand it’s hard to let go of tradition and the things our parents and grandparents may have taught us but in this case they were wrong and real science is on my side. I hope you can figure that out but I can’t change everyone. Folks like you make my job more exciting and I’ve enjoyed our discussion but it’s now time to walk away and let the truth speak for me. Good day.
yep !! this guy is an complete idiot lol
Mothballs will drive away most of the snake's prey animals and insects right?
So possibly they will serve to keep the snakes away too because a snake isn't likely to hang around where there is no food?
Robert G no sir. I actually just did a snake relocate yesterday at a house where the property and attic were infested with rats and a Ratsnake was chasing them around her attic and property. She had snake away spread all over her property and even in the attic but the rats and snakes were not bothered. Snake away contains both Mothball chemicals and sulfur plus other chemicals. I have video of all this if you want to drop an email address I can send it to.
I'm surprised that it did not drive the rats away. I use mothballs to keep rats and mice out of my shop and they work great for that purpose. Since I started using them I have not seen a mouse or rat and no signs of them in my shop. Thank you for taking time to reply, I appreciate that.
Robert G could be coincidence. The funny thing about proof is the lack of sightings of snakes and mice isn’t proof they work but finding them where the chemicals are used is proof they don’t work. Just the mechanics of it.
Jeremy Davis, It's proof enough to me when they suddenly abandon a place they were frequenting often.
My shop was overrun with mice and rats when I first moved into this place. Once I started using the mothballs around the shop, they all left and there have been no further signs of them as long as I don't forget to renew the mothballs. They were after the dog food I store in the shop, I don't think they would all suddenly just stop coming to a source of food.
Robert G well I can give you all the Facts but it still comes down to your gonna believe what you want to believe. Scientific research proves they don’t work and so does all the relocates I’ve done from places covered in Mothballs and Sulfur.
Snakes evacuate the areas I put mothballs, but I leave an exit route overnight then fill it in the next day. Is the EPA gonna come after you for using mothballs for pests other than moths... *NO* .
They absolutely will fine you if given the opportunity. Go ahead and drop your address if you don’t think so 😆. As far as Mothballs being effective for repelling snakes it’s just not true. This video was just a quick easy representation of the research done. Science has actually 100% proven they don’t work. To many folks take into account the horrible smell of Mothballs but fail to realize that snakes do not smell in the same sense we do. How bad or not something smells has zero effect on snakes. All Mothballs left laying around in this manor do is poison the local ecosystem and water run off. If you would like actual scientific documentation on this subject I will be glad to provide it.
share.icloud.com/photos/0eqfluXLCfmF_N-mS_lJd0CfA this is at a relocate where the lady put Mothballs all around her property about a foot or two apart. I get called to relocates all the time where Mothballs are being used.
Grizzly Country digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran used them in storage shed it killed the baby snacks over night it dont work out in open tho
What does run away snakes?
Leave the snakes in a bucket then drop the mouth balls in and see what happened
That 🤔
Hey Jeremy, what do you use on your property to repel unwanted snakes? I have an issue on mine my dog just barley survived a huge rattler bite.
Ben Averitt just so you know you can get your dogs snake avoidance training. As far as repelling snakes you have to modify the habitat by keeping grass cut short, brush piles burned, trash picked up ect.. If it looks like a great place for prey items like mice, lizards, and frogs to live chances are snakes will be there hunting. You can also by hardware cloth to put around the fence on your property which will keep snakes out.
Jeremy Davis thanks Jeremy I appreciate the tips! I’ve looked into several products, the powders you lay out, vibration devices that stick into the ground, but can’t seem to find anything with good reviews.
Ben Averitt yah there’s just not a product that actually works. Snakes don’t have the same senses we have and really aren’t bothered by bad smells and such. Just keep the property in good shape and use that Hardware cloth. It will reduce the numbers.
Ben Averitt not for nothing Ben, but I read Jeremy’s answer to another person on here as to how he keeps snakes away. He pees off his porch everyday and said he hasn’t seen a snake on his property. So clearly, we all need to start using a Jeremy Urine as a repellent! (Heard it here first folks!) Jeremy, I want a cut of the profits if you start bottling and selling that! 🤣🤣🤣
PS- guys I know he was joking when he told that other person that, so don’t flame on here...or pee off your porch. Although that is a manly thing to do, so hell...go pee off your porch and wave proudly at your neighbor! Mine just flips me off and relocates his telescope when I do it.
Just feel like using them to keep them away would be a different scenario than thinking they would cross them or not.. they may still not like it and move away from it in time... idk? Thoughts?
+Josh Terry I have relocated snakes from properties that used piles of Mothballs. I’ve seen snakes actually chilling right next to a pile of them.
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hi @The Viper Veteran: thanks for video. what works to prevent snake?
Habitat Modification is the only thing that works
A good 12 , 20 ,16 ,or 410 gauge shotgun for early intervention followed by a liberal treatment of a good quality MOTHBALL ! LOL .
Didn't the snakes get away from the smell? Isn't that what it's supposed to do?
Charles Mclean no. They were put inside the ring of Mothballs to show they will cross them and that they don’t slow them down therefore won’t prevent them on your property.
You have to consider how snakes smell. They don’t smell like we do so no matter how bad something smells it doesn’t effect them like us. They actually taste there environment much more than smell. They deposit the chemical particles on the Jacobson’s organ in the roof of there mouth and then there brain interprets what the smell/taste is.
I have literally found snakes laying in piles of Mothballs like there not even there. There’s plenty of science behind what I’m saying. Mothballs and other chemicals like sulfur have no effect on snakes.
What those chemicals are is illegal to use as a repellent. The EPA will Levy large fines if you were to get caught.
Here’s a great study on the effectiveness of Mothballs against snakes. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Correct. It will keep them away. Will they cross them? Yes but to get away
Brian Knight they don’t work and here’s some scientific research on the subject and the second website is the regulations on them.
digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/mothball/regulation.html
Charles Mclean digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
What can I use to keep out of my shed?
MOTH BALLS!
Imagine going to your local park to play some football and you see this guy doing this
The local community actually enjoys it and comes to see the snakes.
After 3 years i saw this but can you do one with garlic and onions see what happens
This was a bumb test if I was to put you in a large room of frest cut onions your going to walk over the onions to get out hence the snake is smelling it in all angles so he's finding a way out your test proved that it does work 🤣 dats like u say this stinks imma jus stay here n wiff it in some more lmao
Chad Blu you guys are missing the point. This is just a short visual representation of the truth to draw attention to it. Here’s the link to the scientific research done on it. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
This test should say, will mothballs keep snake in the circle?
I put them under my camp for the bugs and the moles left from underneath also .
Take two identical glass containers (atriums), put mothballs in the 1st container.. Put no mothballs in the 2nd container. Then within a few seconds, place each snake in each container. See how they fair in 10 minutes.
This videos fucking hilarious. This guys talking about how dangerous these moth balls are and how it’s illegal to put them out. Then he proceeds to put a whole bag off moth balls and two venomous snakes in what looks like a high school football practice field lmao
Kyle Bunch this is a controlled test which is very different than spreading mothballs all over your property and just leaving them there. These moth balls were picked up right after the test and properly disposed of. What makes them dangerous is when there just left out as a deterrent that doesn’t work and they have time to poison the environment. They end up being absorbed by wildlife and also get into the run off and much more. Big big big difference. By the way keep the comments family friendly. My channel is an educational channel for not only adults but also children.
Moth balls attacks there brain they had no choose but cross them it do work that snake didnt want to cross them or comeout the bucket at first stop cappin 😅
So what is good them ?
Chihuahua Mom lives in Texas habitat modification is the only thing that works. If it looks like a mouse would live there then a snake will be there to eat it so keep the property cleaned up and all brush burnt. Don’t leave piles of ten and boards laying around. Keep grass cut short. The less habitat for prey items the less snakes you will have.
I think they work. It's not that they hate moth balls but they might have trouble hunting for food around moth balls.
Trouble smelling mice and so forth.
Possibly can't smell danger ether,, the stuff that hunts them they can't smell.
James Paul they have zero effect on snakes. They don’t smell the way we do. They taste the air and can break down each smell. Leave me an email address and I will send you the actual scientific paperwork on not just snakes and mothballs but also other chemicals like sulfur
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran guess I don't need proof it doesn't work... how about something that does?
Apparently removing their food source and filling void in foundations and what not is about all that can be done?
James Paul habitat modification is how you deter snakes you are correct.
James Paul digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran every year at this time there will be snakes on my property some place if I look carefully 1st hot week. So for 3 weeks I been looking... nothing not even one. Its the 1st year I put snake b gone on the 1st hot day.
So send me all the studies you want.
Mothballs are stupid and ineffective , but this test is even stupider. You could make a circle of eagles and the snake is still going to race through it to get to safety. Do a real test! Put some lines in a natural environment, and show which direction snakes choose to go when not frightened (path to avoid, or opposite direction right through). OR treat it more like an actual yard and put a mouse in the middle of the circle and the snakes on the outside. This video just ruins your credibility the way it's currently set up.
Dan-Kelley Young I guess you didn’t read any of my comments. This video wasn’t meant to be some special test. It’s just a quick visual reference of proven facts. To actually to a proper controlled test it would take days and days of video and cameras running 24/7.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran well I'll give you that. It's you take a lot more time to set up a real control
Next build a fire and see if they will sit in it and burn to death. Nope they'll get out not because they dont mind being burnt but because they ain't gonna sit there. I mean chop one head off and it still moves. Is it because he is alive or because its natural to try and move. Anyway that test wasn't a test. Imo but respect your work.
Case-Dawg 100 send me you email address and I will send you pictures of snakes laying in mothballs and snake away at houses I’ve been called to for relocates. This test is just a visual representation of the truth
Case-Dawg 100 digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Moth balls just messes with their sense of smell, it won't hurt them
Great information! I googled the question, "Do moth balls keep snakes away?" and this was the top search result. I wonder if the people that did that search were of the same mind set that I had. Since it seems that snakes use smell above all of their other senses, wouldn't a strong, caustic smell that moth balls have deter snakes if they get too close. I'm not sure if this "experiment " can refute this thought. I'm quite sure that flames will burn me, and if I linger too long in flames, I will die. Yet, if I were released from my prison cell, with a promise of freedom on the other side of flames, I'm pretty sure I would take my chances diving through those flames. Your circle seemed kind of tight, and didn't seem like the snakes had much of a choice but to get the heck out of there, "bad" smell or not. Can you make a much wider ring, where the snakes actually have a choice?
John Bartley there is multiple videos of these kinds of tests here on RUclips. Some with large circles and some with small all the same results. I also have photos of where people put Mothballs around there house and there’s snakes inside those areas with the Mothballs. As far as scent you can’t have the same perception of how they smell because unlike us they pick up the particles more as a taste not as an actual smell. The collect the particles on there tongue and deposit them on an organ in the roof of there mouth so totally different than our sense of smell. We don’t have the same sense yet we think oh that stinks so it must keep snakes away. Just not the same.
John Bartley here’s another great study.
digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
John Bartley digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
What about diesel?
Timothy Jackson no diesel will not work and is a major hazard and very much illegal to poor out on the ground freely. Snakes don’t smell the way we do.
Hmmmm, would it help if mothballs are left for few hours to release some gas? also keep a snake, a prey and in between a line of mothballs. Then chase the snake towards the prey by a stick or so, then will the snake repel from the line or go through or it depends on how hungry the snake is. Btw, what really repells the snakes? I have heard peacock or eagle feathers, mongoose or pig urine, cat or dog hairs etc. etc. Just do not know if they work or not.
Amit KP there is no known repellents for snakes. They do make a snake fencing that is effective but habitat modification is the best snake detourent ! What I mean by this is remove long grass, brush, trash, wood piles ect. from your property. If there is no habitat for a snake or it’s prey there will be no snakes except for the occasional snake crossing through to get somewhere else. Also snakes like Copperheads prey on Locust and June Bugs so keep night lighting to a minimum to detour over population of insects.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteranYes the habitat modification makes sense, cuts out both room and board for the snakes. Does keeping predators like eagles, pigs or mongoose work? somewhere i read that there is NO cure/vaccine for mongoose rabies. so if your mongoose passed it on to you someway then it will be a life threatening situation. even dog rabies, if given a full chance to develop inside the body is almost always fatal. it takes a while before symptoms show up and then it's quite late to defeat it.
Amit KP adding a top predator as you are suggesting would be extremely destructive to the local ecosystem and highly discouraged. Cats are often an animal people will use to control snakes on there property but they cause massive damage to the local ecosystems. Ferrel Cats are responsible for the extinction of large numbers of animals. As I stated habitat modification and snake fencing are the only two viable options to detour snakes without harming the ecosystems. As a last resort relocation of the snakes is also an option but can often be harmful to the snakes if taken to far from original home due to the strong homing instinct of some species. Some snakes will starve and die due to there strong focus on getting back to there known territory. Hope all this helps answer your questions.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran If area is 5-10 acres then keeping a fence is very high cost. So having a predator can help and if that is kept outside but fed regularly then would not hurt the ecosystem as much but its presence will chase away the dangerous dudes. Other than rats and squirrels there are only few others on "non jungle" type farm land anyways. Thx a lot for your inputs, look forward to more vids.
The moth balls are not to kill snakes but to deterr them. See how the snakes want to flee that ring? They wouldn't voluntarily crawl in your ring.
SO instead of showing what doesn't work, how about showing what will.
SMH
🤔 is it true that humans urine we'll keep the snakes away
That snake was scared to leave the bucket at first stop 😅 cappin 😅
😂 dis dude just said its illegal, then video tapes himself doing it on a football field 🤣🤣💀 ok “Viper King”
Dijon Holmes it’s only illegal if I leave them laying there. Nothing illegal about a demonstration. They can poison water and wildlife unless left there dipstick
*cant*
1:25 snek jumps out and bites face 🤦♂️
No snake will sit in a circle but the snake won't come back to go in that circle either. The snake you sat down is fleeing for his life. But he won't go back in them for shits and giggles.
1st of all how can we know if the white ball on the grass are actually mothballs? You need to make another video opening the box with no editing and put the snakes again to the test.
Tania Cancel I’m actually going to do another one soon with more Mothballs but also some other chemicals people like to use like sulfur. Also will add all the photos I’ve taken doing snake relocates from peoples houses that were using Mothballs
Tania Cancel digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Nice, thanks for this, I didn't think it would work , but I never even thought about it being bad for the environment. Great video.
OutofDoorsTV your welcome. I am very passionate about properly educating the public about snakes. Hopefully my message spreads.
it does work !!
Sulfur and mothballs DO work as a deterrent.
Putting mothballs directly into the ground is a no no.
But here is the safe way to do the sulfur mothball application:
PART 1
Take a dispoable plastic container that has a lid Punch holes in the container around the sides approx 2' from the bottom.
Use about a cup of sulfur and about 6 mothballs on top in each and place around your property this will absolutely reduce snake sightings; and the mothballs will not enter the water table.
PART 2
About once a month in the warmer months in a 1-2 gallon pump sprayer fill 3/4 with water put about 1 oz of Cinnamon Bark oil and 1 oz of Clove oil (use high quality oils for this and not extracts) and a squirt dish detergent (to create an emulsion) and shake well.
Spray this solution around your property.
Doing this will abosolutely reduce the sanke issue around your property been doing this for years AND IT WORKS!
The key is be consistent once you create and envirormnent the snakes do not like they'll hunt prey elsewhere and avoid your space.
They're surrounded by moth balls! Of course they want to leave that area!
snakes under threat will go through and over anything, you should have made a exit with the moth balls and hid then observed.
They don’t work anyway! Tried them several times! You will get it when your dogs get bit!
Nobody give a shit about the EPA
Found a baby snake in our basement on a sticky trap the thing was as long as my pinky what does work to keep them the hell out of your house?
+dianna daniels-orcutt it was most likely hunting the critter the trap was set for. If you get rid of all the mice and prey items the snakes will go elsewhere.
yes i was working under my house baby copperhead 12 inches crawling on my tarp i laid out to go under, i was kinda mindful after i saw that but got the job done, thank yu for the tip👏
roget roogus you are welcome and thanks for the Subscribe
interesting... I'll keep using the Moth Balls.
But now I know not to create a ring of Moth Balls to trap the snake.
Audio very low we can't hear you here in UK
+Bethsider Tavares thanks I’ll check it out
gasoline and kerosene is effective in keeping them away but the best is cats
Jay D Great cats are super destructive to the local ecosystems. Domestic cats are directly responsible for over 50 extinctions. Everyone ignores the big picture these days just for there own instant gratification and it’s horrible. Ignorance is bliss.
@@cmoore1985keith Yeah man, that's why I own 5 cats. After snakes keeps on coming to our backyard in rainy days I decided to adopt cats a lot of cats. They killed 3 snakes already.
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@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran ,,no doubt their little killers ....they will kill a snake or trouble it so much it goes on. Cats murder everything smaller then them...other then frogs..i notice..frogs stop moving and cat gets out of murder mode..lol. Yeah Davis...people that watched your vid likely don't like snakes so we don't share your view. We would prefer our love ones not to step on a copperhead...we want snakes hurt not humans..... you clearly don't feel the same. Putting snakes on field where kids play is dumb. If something happen to you them snakes may have harmed folks in the future if you didn't retrieve them. But as you say ignorants is bliss...which it is a bad saying ignorance is dangerous.
James Paul education is the best protection against the things you mentioned not killing snakes or wrecking the ecosystem with invasive species like cats. Killing snakes actually increases your risk of being bitten not decrease it and cats are responsible for over a hundred extinctions so there not worth the destruction. Education is key. As far as views they don’t matter only the facts which is what I give. None of what I am saying is a view or an opinion or a feeling it’s all 100% fact even if I hated snakes.
A controlled study of how moth balls can or cannot detour snakes and a sister study of how the epa is or ain't sh!t would be a better idea...
Once the first snake was out the circle it never moved again.
+Michael Smith these two snakes were already calm down and not in flight mode so of course they will sit still.
Can you try garlic please?
It work but not like this snakes dont like the taste of the moth ball
Sally Hanson Xtreme Wear nail lacquer is the answer.
Mothball repels the source of food for snakes
Did not work for me, if you live in the north you don’t see that many but in sc there are a lot!
This is the most foolish test to do because a snake will always cross over that tiny circle because for 1 they're not stupid, they will do what it takes to get away from the circle
That didn't prove a dang thing...
Gonna say Fiction before I even watch..Lets go see..
+Black Mamba yep chemicals don’t work
Black Mamba digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
I’m sharing this the next time this issue comes up.
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Sir, he was getting away from the mothballs. Your experiment is a complete bust.
Ty
You're wrong. Place them around perimeter of yard, under deck, sheds, etc. Not a snake in years
Not a good experiment. If you put moth balls out around your house (foundation), will a snake nest there? That is the test.
JDWhit_ JDWhit_ the problem with that is I would have to make a video a year long to to visually show it. I understand where your coming from but this is just a visual presentation of the facts. I do have photoshop of snakes I’ve relocated lying in Mothballs people put out!
@Rique If you had moth balls in your bed, would you stay there?
@Rique That is true....
If you really think about what it is you are actually trying to achieve from the perspective of moth balls.. you crushed it! 😂😂😂 they don’t like the smell and want to leave. Point proven clearly, they would like to go away. If you caught me and had me in a bucket I would haul ass. We had a 4 ft timber rattlesnake come out of our ceiling from the crawl space when we were refinishing our basement kitchen. The power was out, big storm fast temp drop and he was resting on the light. 2 other small snakes earlier in the year made it in the house. Sealed everything up, lots of moth balls, no snakes. Clearly you are right! Moth balls and they go away! 😂
The old sayin is you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip …. Mothballs, and any other “snake” deterrent DOES NOT work Iam surprised the Cottonmouths didn’t chase you my brother lol you should know where that humor comes from 👍
Well the EPA or whatever it's called won't know if you don't run your mouth
If it actually worked this would make since but it is 100% ineffective
Seemed to work. The snakes was trying to get away from the mothball
C10 Kid they weren’t trying to get away from the Mothballs. They were being snakes trying to get out of the open and had no problem crossing the Mothballs.
C10 Kid digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Hi Jeremy, I like your video. We moved into our new home about 7 weeks ago and already encountered two puff adders on different occasions. Desperately looking for advice that works to keep them away. George, East London South Africa
George Morrison the best and most effective way to detour snakes from your property is habitat modification. Remove trash, clutter, food, brush, ect... from your property. You have to remove the habitat that the snakes and there prey live and thrive in. Keep the property well manicured. The only thing on the market that will help reduce the snakes other than what I explained above is snake fencing. They do sell a fence you can put around your property that snakes cannot come through that is effective if done correctly. Even with all the precautions occasional snakes will be encountered if you live in areas where humans have built into animal habitat areas. Even if there are snakes on your property if you use the proper precautions and pay attention to where you walk and reach along with giving any snakes you see a wide berth you are relatively safe from being bitten. A very large percentage of bites occur when people are trying to kill a snake. The instant you try to kill a snake your risk of being bitten goes up massively. Hope these things help you in the future and always feel free to ask questions.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran thank you very much.
George Morrison your welcome.
@@JeremyDavisTheViperVeteran Alot of property and trees are being cut down near our property... it's driving the snakes here. I worry for my animals, what do I need to do?
Julie Sunshine there’s really nothing you can do to stop them from coming on your property if there being driven out of there habitat. You can put a snake fence around your property but it will get expensive. The best thing you can do is stay alert and watch where you put your feet and hands. Always use a flashlight when stepping outside at night. The snake levels will naturally slim down on there own as the snakes begin to find new areas to live.
thank you for doing this
+richard rose your welcome
Thank you for your helpful message.
Your welcome
I think he just needs viewers only, otherwise, he would do it in a proper experimental setup
It’s just a quick and simple representation of the facts that can be represented in a video that’s not hours and hours long.
Mothballs work snakes leave they dont want to be near them
Not true at all. I have photos and videos of snakes coiled up resting in mothballs. They have no effect. I’ve relocated just as many off properties with moth balls
It just gives the snakes Ex-tra balls
Thanks
I have a photo of two snakes in my yard mating on top of moth balls
Too often, people try mothballs and think that because they haven't seen a snake, the mothballs are working. Not seeing a snake because you've placed mothballs on your property is not proof that the mothballs work.
Like I give a shit about the EPA and there fines 😂 I’m putting mothballs down.
This video is stupid. I cant say if moth balls work or not but is it possible the snakes don’t like it but go through it cause some big person is scaring them and snakes are scared. For example most people don’t like to smell a stinky fart and walk away, but if you feel threaten by and animal far larger than you then you wouldn’t hesitate to walk through that smelly fart to get away. Lol
Definitely DO NOT WORK
Thank you!
You wasted my time watching this video! Snakes hates that smell they’re not going to come around your house because that smell. Them snakes trying to get away from you lol
digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2 There's the actual scientific research try arguing with it.
Try sulphur....
Andrew Chan digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=ewdcc2
Snake's were paid actor's,
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+Ruck Sana thanks
He is right, Moth Balls does not work. We found them in an old car laying on top of the moth balls