More snakes in NC this year 2019 (Cary: house, live, most dangerous)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Had a native NC guy who lives in Cary and also has a farm in Johnston county say that due to last year's warm and wet winter, the snake population has increased by a lot this year. Just in the past 2 weeks, I've noticed 3 baby snakes and 3 adult snakes, mostly after 9pm once it's dark. Some of these looked like black racers, but the others had brown patterns that was hard to make out.
Just on Monday, a 6 year old in a nearby house got bit by a Copperhead in the yard and resulted in an ED visit. Now, I don't mind a snake or two and know that they keep rodents and insects at bay, but this seems a be a large increase over last year.
Anyone else notice this? My RN friend who works in the ED says statistics are much higher than last year for snake bites. Anything else to do besides keeping a clean yard? Someone said professional mosquito sprays help but how does that make sense?
Snakes go where the food is - go down the food chain and reduce the food source for each as much as possible. We definitely have more spiders this year thanks to the large number of flying insects (I imagine the mice are happy about that too).
"Anyone else notice this?"
not us.
"Anything else to do besides keeping a clean yard?"
eliminate all the rodents. (and bird nests, but few will do that)
"Someone said professional mosquito sprays help but how does that make sense?"
we do not know how unless it kills the food of the animals snakes eat.
mice: poison, traps, etc.
since they eat just about anything (or make a nest out of it)
eliminating food and nesting material has been impossible for us.
I avoid poison for mice. That just poisons other animals that eat them like hawks and owls.
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