Shoo snake

[Bluegum]

After the recent spate of snakes incursions here at home I found a product called Shoo snake available on the net. Its an oil based product that you mix with water and spray around your home. The whole idea about it is that the snakes are meant to sense it as a smell they do not like and move on from the area. It sounds to good to be true to actually keep snakes out of your property. I was wondering if any body here has used it and to what success. I don't plan on shelling out any cash if its a no go when it comes to doing what its meant to.

[Gumby]

My wife has it spread all over her side of the bed. Works a treat. No snakes get anywhere near her.

[SPIRIT]

never
have heard about using wormwood still thinks a load of crap
just missed standing on a tiger snake the other day now thats a smell that will keep everything away

[chrisb691]

My wife has it spread all over her side of the bed. Works a treat. No snakes get anywhere near her.

No snakes???

[SilentButDeadly]

After the recent spate of snakes incursions here at home I found a product called Shoo snake available on the net...

......waste of money.......preying on people's fears........for instance, I've got a specially treated teddy bear that keeps away spiders......

[Groggy]

If you get yourself a pet mongoose, and spray the mongoose with it, then it should work.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Put the mongoose in a blender and make your own.

[snowyskiesau]

Sounds a bit like snake oil to me

[While I've seen a lot of dead snakes, I actually saw my first live snake the other week!
It was a red bellied black snake in the Goobagandra river. Hope it had more luck with the fishing than I did...]

[AlexS]

It was a red bellied black snake in the Goobagandra river. Hope it had more luck with the fishing than I did...]

Plenty of red bellied blacks, browns and tigers there mate. and there are more fish in the Tumut river - mainly escapees from the trout farm.

[Bluegum]

Nup makes sense not running out to buy any of this stuff. I googled it and couldn't find a great deal of info on it other than what the seller had to say about the product. figured I would get a better response buy asking the room of knowledge here on the forums and thanks for your answers I am not willing to part with any cash unless it definately works.

[Doughboy]

The only Shoo Snake I know to work without fail is a six foot shovel with me at the end of it.

And as for snakes being protected.... not when they are in my backyard they are invading my space so au revoir snake.

Pete

[Jonno L]

Unfortunately Doughboy, State law is not open for interpretation by ignoramuses.

Shoo Snake is exactly what SilentyButDeadly said, a product designed to profit off peoples fears. The best "protection" from snakes is knowledge and respect.

[Doughboy]

OUCH Jonno that is a little harsh mate. I reckon if you had a four year old playing in your backyard and you saw a black snake you would not just turn a blind eye.....

I was born and raised on a farm where snakes were treated with respect and left alone .... until one day I saw this bloody big king brown swallow a poddy calf that it had bitten and killed. Now that aint cool.

I respect their right to live, hell I will even defend their right to live. In my back yard they have no right and that is that. You think my son has less right to be able to play in our back yard than that snake?

BTW have you ever been bitten by a snake? NO? well it is not fun let me warn you.

Pete

[Iain]

I have a spray that repels snakes around the property, only problem is it is bloody noisy when used in the applicator.
Snakes in the paddock, no problems, they get rid of the rodents and the protedted frogs, in the back yard, time for relocation to a better place, and I have been bitten, unprovoked.

[Stuart]

Not so much snakes, but I just had to get rid of another whopping huge redback out of the shed (yes I know redbacks are small, this was big as far as redback go)

Last spray I used (which would work on snakes as well) was in a can that said flammable on the side. The spray gets rid of any undesirables (especially when there's a lit match held near the jet )