Q&A for How to Trap a Snake

Call a pest control service or your local wildlife rescue organization. It's always best to call in a professional if you're not sure what you're dealing with, especially when there's already been a fatality.

You can use a minno trap or snake trap -- place it in your attic.

A professional snake catcher costs from $100 to about $600, depending on local rates, travel times, the size of the snake, and how difficult it is to remove.

Put on gloves and try to catch it if it is non-venomous.

You can call in an expert, or try a glue trap, which usually works well.

A minnow trap is the best for water snakes. You could put a handful or two of dog food in it, but meat or eggs will work, too.

It could, but if you're wearing clothing, that would be difficult to do.

Snakes will almost always move around a garden to find food, water, and heat, although some species of snakes would rather stay in hiding spots or burrows unless they are forced to move.

They like mice, voles, shrews, large worms (horn worms) and Dubai roaches. Mice are the best. If it's a large adult snake, give it adult mice.

Eggs are not a choice food for corn snakes. You can buy frozen mice at most pet stores, thaw them out by placing them in a sandwich bag, and submerging that bag in warm water. The smell will attract the snake to the trap if you're not using a trap with bait included.

You can, but the fact that they're dead might be unappealing to snakes depending on how rotted they are (if at all). Just make sure the minnows look somewhat appetizing (for a snake, anyway).

The mom usually goes away after laying eggs, unless you have mice or rats in your garage. Remove the babies. Clean the garage and keep kids and animals out.

Yes, he could be caught in the traps. The snake will retaliate and attack your terrier.

Yes, all snakes can swim. In fact, wild garter snakes eat fish when possible.

I would check to see if it is endangered or otherwise illegal, but even if it isn't illegal, wild snakes are usually not the greatest pets.

You will need to stay away from the snake and call a professional, as these snakes can be very dangerous.

Small fish, small birds, eggs, and rodents. Basically anything that is meat that will fit in their mouth.

Snakes like their meat raw or frozen. You can find pinky mice at the Dollar Store, and just freeze them at your house.

Yes, regular eggs will work. Just don't leave the eggs out too long as they may attract more snakes or other pests.

You should usually look around rocks or basking in the sun.

Milk snakes are not picky. Young milk snakes eat small prey like crickets and earthworms. Adults prefer to feast on small rodents, lizards, frogs, and even other snakes.

Garter snakes mostly eat small rodents and small fish, I wouldn't suggest using an egg.

They can likely be found online, in a bait and tackle shop, and maybe in a small convenience store.

Try a frozen rodent, thawed. The snake might be a black rat snake.

Raw, small as possibly, and definitely with the shell intact. The snakes unshell the egg inside their bodies and then spit out the shell. Also, where in the world would a snake get a cooked egg in the wild? Obviously, feed it raw.

These snakes are harmless, so you don't need to lose sleep over their presence. Keep the door to the cabin shut at all times and they won't be able to come in. When going outside, just watch where you put your feet so you don't accidentally step on one. Usually they'll stay away though as the last thing a snake wants is a heavy foot landing on their delicate bone structure.

There is a slight chance that you could catch a snake in a trap in the water. It is not an ideal solution though. Also, it is best to avoid trapping snakes in water.

The garter snakes’ diet consists of mainly rodents, earth worms, amphibians, and fish.

Coral snakes eat lizards, so it's best to put a dead house lizard in your trap, as the rotting lizard is most likely to attract that snake. But for venomous snakes, it's better to call animal control instead.

If you want to attract garter snakes, then you need to provide them with: Shelter – log and rock piles are great options. A source of water – even a mini-pond works great. And food – let them eat the pests.