By personal request from our resident snake-a-phob, we must ask the question about Snake-A-Way. Please help her before she locks herself in her house never to be seen again. You see, there is a snake in her backyard, and she is convinced that its one and only mission in life is to terrorize hers. We don’t know much about the product but
we found that Dr T’s website has an considerable amount of information about the product and I was pleased to see the amount of research done by the University of Florida. Based on EPA testing a protocol “the product has been found to have a rate of efficacy that varies from 17% to 100% depending on the individual species.”
Conclusions to the studies further indicate that “SNAKE-A-WAY should significantly decrease occurrences”, although “Copperheads were strongly repelled by SNAKE-A-WAY, while the related cottonmouths were not.” Interesting….
We couldn’t find anything on the Website directly addressing if this product is safe to use around pets, but as with any chemical the label of course directs consumers to “store in cool dry place inaccessible to children and pets”. SO PLEASE USE CAUTION!!!
So tell us, have you used it? Does it work? What is your experience?

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Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at 11:50 am
Amanda
It appears that if the product states that it should be kept away from pets most likely it would not be safe in a garden with pets. Does anyone know or perhaps we should ask the manufacturer? But from your post it appears that cottonmouths could line up around the pool cage laughing while copperheads would slither away to look for another house without the Snake -A-Way. What about pygmy rattlesnakes? I think some research or comments would be helpful