Here in rural New Jersey, I have dozens of gartersnakes on my property. My kids love them. We also see quite a few eastern milksnakes, eastern hognose snakes, northern black racers, northern red bellied, northern dekay’s brown snakes, and northern ringnecks. Occasionally we see black ratsnakes, smooth greensnakes, and northern watersnakes. If we hike up into the woods near the power cut, we’ll see Copperheads and Timber rattlers. They’re all awesome creatures.
Interesting that UNL tested multiple snake repellents and they actually attracted garter snakes in some cases. They found that it is ideal to create a yard environment deters them and simply learn to live with them since garter snakes are harmless. They may bite you if you try to grab them but they shouldn't hurt you. Additionally they can help keep the insect level down in your yard or garden which may be useful to some folks.
Garters don't eat insects. Their diet consists of fish, frogs, slugs, and earthworms. In some parts of their range they'll eat salamanders and newts. Particularly large ones may take mice, but this isn't common.
@@youtubechangedmyname maybe you'd be overrun with toads if you didn't have snakes. We often don't understand the need for a certain animal until they're gone!
I feel deprived having grown up in a snake-less town (Queens County, NYC) although we did spend summers in upstate NY and had some quality time with the local snakes. Garters, green snakes, and a ring neck were all well mannered and never bit, but ribbon snakes were nasty. A boy without snakes is missing something important.
i literally just found a garter snake on on lava rock. it scared me i wasn't expecting to see a snake and it took a while for me to get my dog to see it but after she saw it she wouldn't stop pulling the leash to get it.
Grow your grass long, have rock piles and Rock walls with no mortar. Also get a wildlife pond but don’t get fish since you want to attract their amphibian prey with won’t lay eggs in a pond with fish. Also brush piles are good as well as building a Hibernaculum. Also leave out cover boards which could be untreated plywood and leave them on the ground in a sunny location. Also leave pieces of pond liner on the ground and fold the pieces over so the snakes can hide underneath. Also leaving tin on the ground is any other way snakes can warm up. Also log piles are attractive to snakes for the moisture and cover. Also don’t trim shrubs because snakes like things over grown. I also leave logs on the grounds along the perimeter of the property so snakes can use them for cover and to shelter. I line the perimeter of my property with them.
My cat alerted me to two garters in my house at different times. I had no choice but to pick them up and throw them outside. Thank God for my little cat and getting out of bed the last time after saying nightly prayers to turn off a fan in living room and saw the cat running after it.
Why make them go away I want more of them I get only 1 a year and today I found one put him in a sealed box with only air holes and escaped so have to wait till next year
No it’s with my grandma she has this huge rock wall and we found a turtle we were distracted by the turtle then I noticed a snake slithering away from us I almost caught it
I'm no expert either, but it looks to me like a common Garter crossed with a Red-Sided. Note how it's side isn't a red as the one you saw in the thumbnail, therefore it's probably not a 100% Red-Sided Garter snake. Again, though, I'm no expert.
Watching this because a freaking snake just slithered below my house like it own the fricking place and Im 100% sure it was a Garter Snake because of its stripe.
Your video is very educational. I live in florida and DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE TO ID LARGE SNAKE LIVING IN MY YARD. COULD YOU OR AN EXPERT ON SNAKES PLEEASE LOOK AT MY VIDEO AND TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF SNAKE IT IS? Video title...."what,what,what,what....funny reaction" and/or "scared funny reaction snake living on roof". I truly appreciate AN EXPERTS HELP
I know i'm late, but that's a rat snake. They're great to keep around to control small mammals that could potentially carry diseases or cause property damage. And they are harmless and will only bite if provoked.
Not bad info, but not the best either. At least he didn't call for killing them. Oh, and garter snakes ARE venomous. They are a rear fanged venomous snake though the venom seems to be tailored to inverts and is harmless to people and anything else with a backbone. One thing to note, when you make your home unfriendly to snakes, you invite in pests that the snakes like to eat. I'd rather have a snake around than rodents.
michaels226 Granted garters very rarely eat rodents in the wild except in rare opportunistic and desperate cases. If anything they are harmful sorta harmful to your garden as they eat earthworms. Granted I doubt they would put a dent in the average earthworm population. They do eat slugs though which certainly nobody likes in their gardens.
rushthezeppelin Garter snakes are opportunistic predators. They will eat earthworms, yes, but they will eat unattended baby mice or voles in a heartbeat given the chance. To say they don't except in desperate cases is incorrect. Garter snakes also eat fish and amphibians as well.
+rushthezeppelin Good point about garter snakes rarely munching on rodents except for perhaps a next of baby mice in opportune moments. I have not seen proof of this, but I do believe that garter snakes presence alone would deter mice because of their instinctual fear of snakes. So in that aspect they may help as michaels226 mentioned. However, as you mentioned, they would not likely put much of a dent in the local rodent population.
FUCK...this. I haven't seen one in my yard for about 3 years but found a mother and 2 babies (probably more) and I freaked out. I know they're harmless but I hate snakes and the fact you never know you're by one until its right under your nose
100% harmless to humans. Plus, they would have to get whatever they bit DEEP in their mouth before any venom can be injected. Their teeth are so small, however, that they rarely will break the skin.
I get bit every time I hand-feed them fish pieces. They are greedy and they all came to my hand when they pick the smell, biting like stupid anything they "think" it's a fish piece :)... eachother, my fingers, the air, LOL... some are so convinced that my hand/finger is fish, that I have to wait until they realise the mistake. I don't try to make them release, since they are so fragile.
I see this happening in the foreseeable future. Women love gardens! I love gardens too! I do have a fear of snakes, but that also includes bats, possums, raccoons. Call me vicious, but the way i know how to get rid of bats is a broom, & that isn't for shoo-ing them away, that's for killing them. Snakes i never handled before, if i have a friend that can teach me how too handle a snake. Why not i'll try too learn, but my heart will be racing that's for sure! Possums & raccoons. Some douchebags like shooting them with bb guns. Now that's vicious! Killing bats with brooms is one thing. They could have rabbis, i'm not risking something that can fly around come down & bite me. Not doing it, but sorry/not sorry any kind of animal lovers. For the raccoons & possums though yeah i would just chase off. I do have a heart. If you shoot animals with bb guns, you're a monster for making an animal slowly suffer. BIG fucking difference hunting & killing for sport, & using BB guns too hurt an animal & letting them live the rest of their life suffering. BIG difference! That's like going fishing, & hooking a duck in the beak. That' straight animal cruelty! Why would you be casting your fishing pole nears ducks? If you want to hunt ducks. Go hunt ducks, & don't torture them. Use human decency, people.
Hi, Bats are very misunderstood creatures. While bats are statistically the most likely to give rabies out of u.s. animals, according to the center for disease control, only one or two people in the U.S. contract rabies each year. While I don't agree with your actions, I can understand your fear. I've heard many negative things about bats and was once worried about them too, until I looked up the facts. The chance of you getting rabies is one in millions. Furthermore, attacking a bat would make it more likely to defend itself and bite you, and in some states it's illegal. Wildlife protection for bats is enforcable with fines and imprisonment by some states as they are endangered. Bats are also critical for the ecosystem and humans. One bat can eat up to 3000 mosquitos a day, preventing wide spread diseases and viruses that kill humans like Malaria. The next time you encounter a bat, either open a window or call animal control/your local wildlife rehabilitator society. These creatures do you much more good then harm. All of these facts were taken from the two listed articles. www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/education/index.html sciencing.com/regulations-removal-bats-5818748.html
Here in rural New Jersey, I have dozens of gartersnakes on my property. My kids love them. We also see quite a few eastern milksnakes, eastern hognose snakes, northern black racers, northern red bellied, northern dekay’s brown snakes, and northern ringnecks. Occasionally we see black ratsnakes, smooth greensnakes, and northern watersnakes. If we hike up into the woods near the power cut, we’ll see Copperheads and Timber rattlers. They’re all awesome creatures.
We had a garter snake that we kept as a pet many years ago, we tamed the little guy and fed him feeder fish. He never tried to bite us either.
Alliem71 don’t feed snakes feeder fish!
They can develop vitamin e deficiency
Hum Lumfenstien why not
How long did he live
Callsign _GT I just said they develop vitamin deficiency!
He bit me
Interesting that UNL tested multiple snake repellents and they actually attracted garter snakes in some cases. They found that it is ideal to create a yard environment deters them and simply learn to live with them since garter snakes are harmless. They may bite you if you try to grab them but they shouldn't hurt you. Additionally they can help keep the insect level down in your yard or garden which may be useful to some folks.
Garters don't eat insects. Their diet consists of fish, frogs, slugs, and earthworms. In some parts of their range they'll eat salamanders and newts. Particularly large ones may take mice, but this isn't common.
Why would I want to get rid of it? They control pests in the yard.
They eat frogs and toads mostly ...they are not that useful.
@@youtubechangedmyname maybe you'd be overrun with toads if you didn't have snakes. We often don't understand the need for a certain animal until they're gone!
@@JaneDoe-ci3gj
I like toads , they eat insects in my garden.
@@JaneDoe-ci3gj I wouldn't miss mosquitoes if they were gone.
@@youtubechangedmyname They are very useful
I feel deprived having grown up in a snake-less town (Queens County, NYC) although we did spend summers in upstate NY and had some quality time with the local snakes. Garters, green snakes, and a ring neck were all well mannered and never bit, but ribbon snakes were nasty. A boy without snakes is missing something important.
these things are harmless. ive caught plenty of wild garter snakes, even those rarely bite, and it doesnt hurt.
Oh i just cought one in my hutch and i am keeping it any suggestions?
id rather get bit by a bigger one rather than getting musked on by them 😂
@@ccm_08 Too many especially since this comment is old ...lol 😂
@@ccm_08 how's it going? 2yrs late lol
They are actually mild venomous
Garter snakes are very beneficial to have around. Overcome irrational fears.
Tad Blackington what are the all the benefits outside of rodents?
@Too Many Pickles
Garter snakes hardly eat rodents Dude ...they eat frogs and toads mostly
Bad Apple well not 100% true they eat bugs and other garden pests and yes they can eat young mice in certain cases
Bad Apple yes they do
I saw a snake yesterday living under my pavement in the garden...It was AWESOME!
That was a cool ass albino one at the end! I would pay for that one! LOL
There are some I saw online for $100...
Yes you should figure a way to save them, build a place they can winter before they all die out.
i literally just found a garter snake on on lava rock. it scared me i wasn't expecting to see a snake and it took a while for me to get my dog to see it but after she saw it she wouldn't stop pulling the leash to get it.
Why would you consider a snake a pest?
Great video!👍🌻
What does UNL stand for
please.🙏
I'm from Sweden so English is not my first language.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (the city)
how do i ATTRACT them to my yard.i love them
Chase Courtney I don t know we’re you live,but you can come to pick up some at my house!
Grow your grass long, have rock piles and Rock walls with no mortar. Also get a wildlife pond but don’t get fish since you want to attract their amphibian prey with won’t lay eggs in a pond with fish. Also brush piles are good as well as building a Hibernaculum. Also leave out cover boards which could be untreated plywood and leave them on the ground in a sunny location. Also leave pieces of pond liner on the ground and fold the pieces over so the snakes can hide underneath. Also leaving tin on the ground is any other way snakes can warm up. Also log piles are attractive to snakes for the moisture and cover. Also don’t trim shrubs because snakes like things over grown. I also leave logs on the grounds along the perimeter of the property so snakes can use them for cover and to shelter. I line the perimeter of my property with them.
What do if it bites me 😩
My cat alerted me to two garters in my house at different times. I had no choice but to pick them up and throw them outside. Thank God for my little cat and getting out of bed the last time after saying nightly prayers to turn off a fan in living room and saw the cat running after it.
Why make them go away I want more of them I get only 1 a year and today I found one put him in a sealed box with only air holes and escaped so have to wait till next year
Elk army they make good pets if you actually care for them
Do you think that's fair? Keeping something that belongs in Nature locked up in a box?
HOW DO THEY ESCAPE IT IS LIKE NOTHING
@Reptileherperx - I'm just the TV guy, so I'm not an expert. But Dennis was using common garter snakes found in Nebraska
What kind on garter snake at 2:14?
I was mowing one day and I discovered like 20+ garter snakes in the yard and one of those danger noodles is in my house soo here i am.
Buy a bunch of hawks and let them loose in your neighborhood
@@uncleruckus3094 Sounds safe lol
Uncle Ruckus I vote for this idea also lol
I tried the lava rock dose not work at all
I've had 2 garter snakes this week. They keep showing up at the dog kennel and my dog goes crazy lol.
Train those fuckers to eat them u seen the vids on RUclips 😭
yeah right!!#🏃🏃🏃🏃 I'm running away.
TTT
No it’s with my grandma she has this huge rock wall and we found a turtle we were distracted by the turtle then I noticed a snake slithering away from us I almost caught it
I'm no expert either, but it looks to me like a common Garter crossed with a Red-Sided. Note how it's side isn't a red as the one you saw in the thumbnail, therefore it's probably not a 100% Red-Sided Garter snake. Again, though, I'm no expert.
I think its a thamnophis sirtalis dorsalis, but im not sure
I just need to know how to get them to move away from the house
Watching this because a freaking snake just slithered below my house like it own the fricking place and Im 100% sure it was a Garter Snake because of its stripe.
@Younes Hmaidouch legend has it that the snake ate him
I've got bullsnakes, red sided garters, lizards, etc living underneath my house, s long as they earn their keep, IDC
Harmless, Don’t kill them
beauty!
Your video is very educational. I live in florida and DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE TO ID LARGE SNAKE LIVING IN MY YARD. COULD YOU OR AN EXPERT ON SNAKES PLEEASE LOOK AT MY VIDEO AND TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF SNAKE IT IS? Video title...."what,what,what,what....funny reaction" and/or "scared funny reaction snake living on roof". I truly appreciate AN EXPERTS HELP
I know i'm late, but that's a rat snake. They're great to keep around to control small mammals that could potentially carry diseases or cause property damage. And they are harmless and will only bite if provoked.
Send me a garter snake!!
agreed. i see all of these posts of people trying to get rid of them and i cant seem to find any
My brother yeeted a gartner snake at me. We are looking at it now
I want to attract them!!! :)
Same
I love snake I love to catch them (disclaimer) I don’t harm them
Ok but how do I attract them
No point of this, snakes kill pests
Not bad info, but not the best either. At least he didn't call for killing them. Oh, and garter snakes ARE venomous. They are a rear fanged venomous snake though the venom seems to be tailored to inverts and is harmless to people and anything else with a backbone. One thing to note, when you make your home unfriendly to snakes, you invite in pests that the snakes like to eat. I'd rather have a snake around than rodents.
michaels226 Granted garters very rarely eat rodents in the wild except in rare opportunistic and desperate cases. If anything they are harmful sorta harmful to your garden as they eat earthworms. Granted I doubt they would put a dent in the average earthworm population. They do eat slugs though which certainly nobody likes in their gardens.
rushthezeppelin Garter snakes are opportunistic predators. They will eat earthworms, yes, but they will eat unattended baby mice or voles in a heartbeat given the chance. To say they don't except in desperate cases is incorrect. Garter snakes also eat fish and amphibians as well.
+rushthezeppelin Good point about garter snakes rarely munching on rodents except for perhaps a next of baby mice in opportune moments. I have not seen proof of this, but I do believe that garter snakes presence alone would deter mice because of their instinctual fear of snakes. So in that aspect they may help as michaels226 mentioned. However, as you mentioned, they would not likely put much of a dent in the local rodent population.
They actually have a bacteria in their saliva from eating toads, it's not venom
Cats pal
the stuoid video head music is so damn loud
FUCK...this. I haven't seen one in my yard for about 3 years but found a mother and 2 babies (probably more) and I freaked out. I know they're harmless but I hate snakes and the fact you never know you're by one until its right under your nose
I got one
Controlling? Garter wants to be free.
Write it so we can read it and not have to listen would be helpful.
I thought this was a taming video... oops
i just let my dog take care of them and she got really good at it
fuck you
That’s disgusting. These snakes get rid of pests in the yard.
I shoot them and my dog eats them
@@midwestbd7144 jerk they are harmless
WHY??? They go after the flea, tick and diseased pests
Snakes can be be repelled with moth balls.
but the garter snake is venomous in its back teeth
100% harmless to humans. Plus, they would have to get whatever they bit DEEP in their mouth before any venom can be injected. Their teeth are so small, however, that they rarely will break the skin.
I get bit every time I hand-feed them fish pieces. They are greedy and they all came to my hand when they pick the smell, biting like stupid anything they "think" it's a fish piece :)... eachother, my fingers, the air, LOL... some are so convinced that my hand/finger is fish, that I have to wait until they realise the mistake. I don't try to make them release, since they are so fragile.
What the FUCK was that loud intro?
I see this happening in the foreseeable future. Women love gardens! I love gardens too! I do have a fear of snakes, but that also includes bats, possums, raccoons. Call me vicious, but the way i know how to get rid of bats is a broom, & that isn't for shoo-ing them away, that's for killing them. Snakes i never handled before, if i have a friend that can teach me how too handle a snake. Why not i'll try too learn, but my heart will be racing that's for sure! Possums & raccoons. Some douchebags like shooting them with bb guns. Now that's vicious! Killing bats with brooms is one thing. They could have rabbis, i'm not risking something that can fly around come down & bite me. Not doing it, but sorry/not sorry any kind of animal lovers. For the raccoons & possums though yeah i would just chase off. I do have a heart. If you shoot animals with bb guns, you're a monster for making an animal slowly suffer. BIG fucking difference hunting & killing for sport, & using BB guns too hurt an animal & letting them live the rest of their life suffering. BIG difference! That's like going fishing, & hooking a duck in the beak. That' straight animal cruelty! Why would you be casting your fishing pole nears ducks? If you want to hunt ducks. Go hunt ducks, & don't torture them. Use human decency, people.
I'll say this too. Anybody that finds humor in that, isn't right in the head. You need professional help!
Hi,
Bats are very misunderstood creatures. While bats are statistically the most likely to give rabies out of u.s. animals, according to the center for disease control, only one or two people in the U.S. contract rabies each year. While I don't agree with your actions, I can understand your fear. I've heard many negative things about bats and was once worried about them too, until I looked up the facts. The chance of you getting rabies is one in millions. Furthermore, attacking a bat would make it more likely to defend itself and bite you, and in some states it's illegal. Wildlife protection for bats is enforcable with fines and imprisonment by some states as they are endangered. Bats are also critical for the ecosystem and humans. One bat can eat up to 3000 mosquitos a day, preventing wide spread diseases and viruses that kill humans like Malaria. The next time you encounter a bat, either open a window or call animal control/your local wildlife rehabilitator society. These creatures do you much more good then harm. All of these facts were taken from the two listed articles. www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/education/index.html
sciencing.com/regulations-removal-bats-5818748.html
Don't kill bats they eat mosquitoes
Garter Snakes are venomous.
yes they are....rear fanged. Go look it up. A lot of people do not realize it. The more you know...
They are venomous, but not lethal, they can only cause a small swelling and itching, nothing more
Chuck Norris oh I know. Someone actually replied to me and said they were not. I told him to look it up and he deleted his post....lol
Actually they have a bacteria in their saliva from eating toads, fish and worms
While I am sure that is true. They are also a rear fanged venomous snake. Look it up.