Want a snake out of your yard without killing it? My mother is the one who got me making things: she kept a DIY home repair book on the shelf, did all the house maintenance herself, and her line was that girls can do most anything guys can do. Thirty years in Austin later, I still have no interest in sharing a yard with snakes, good ones included. This DIY snake trap is a plastic bottle and an old fan guard, it takes under an hour, and the snake walks in on its own.
A DIY snake trap built from a plastic bottle and an old fan guard catches a yard snake alive, so you can move it somewhere else instead of killing it. There is no bait and no poison involved. The snake goes into the hole on its own, which is strange to watch. The build takes under an hour, and two are worth making.
So I just I love summer because it means getting to spend lots of time outdoors, especially in my backyard. However, I live in the South and apparently, the snakes feel the same way not only about enjoying summer, but about spending it in my yard. Sorry, but I would prefer not to share my yard with those critters and they just terrify me, even the nonpoisonous garden variety of snakes. Last summer, a huge King snake curled up in one of my flower pots and my grandson was out in the yard right next to it when he discovered him. I ran inside and would not dare go back out until my husband came home from work to get rid of him. He assured me that this snake was a “good snake” that ate other snakes, but I am sorry, just “no.” This was my inspiration to fin a do it yourself way to trap snakes. Watch the video to learn how to make a homemade trap for snakes.
If you find yourself with a similar problem and having the same predicament, you will love what I just found. Wanting to get rid of snakes does not mean you have to kill ’em, because it can be done humanely and easily with the cool DIY snake trap you build from an old fan guard. This takes less than an hour to make and set up and it should not take you long to catch your snake. Go ahead and build two if you need to, they are super simple and effective.
You can trap your snake and set him free if you like or if you are like my husband, feel free to invite him in for dinner 😉 No matter what you want to do with him, he will be leaving your yard. No thank you to snakes!
Check out this cool video tutorial to learn how to make a snake trap that really works. What a brilliant idea, many thanks to the gal who had the ingenuity to come up with this one! Now I can enjoy the summer gardening again and my snakes can enjoy theirs somewhere else, the way it should be.
Watch this DIY Snake Trap Video to see how to make one.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does a bottle snake trap actually catch a snake?
It does, and the video is the convincing part. The snake goes into the hole voluntarily and is then trapped inside, with nothing chasing it in and nothing holding it there beforehand. The trap is built from a plastic bottle and an old fan guard, which is why it is worth building two if you need them.
How do you release a snake once it is trapped?
Carry the trap somewhere well away from the house and let the snake go. That is the reason to use a trap like this rather than anything lethal: the snake leaves your yard alive, and what happens after that is up to you. Either way, it is not coming back to curl up in a flower pot.
What attracts a snake into the trap?
Nothing does, which surprises most people. There is no bait, no food and no poison anywhere in this build. The snake finds the opening and goes in of its own accord, and the fan guard is what keeps it from backing out again. That is also what makes the trap safe to leave sitting out in a yard.
Where should you put a snake trap in a yard?
Wherever you have actually been seeing them. In this case that meant the flower pots, since a large King snake turned up curled inside one with a child playing right beside it. Set the trap in that spot rather than a general corner of the yard, and build a second one if snakes are showing up in more than one place.
