I have removed 3 in the last month from the house, so the wife isn't too happy...
No kidding???? My wife would blast a hole right through my guts with her own (weak and smallish) body to get out of our house if a snake appeared inside...
I mow pretty close to the pond's edge and between that, the geese, a few GBH's (I know, that's sacreligous) and the 12 gauge snake charmer, I hardly see any snakes in either pond anymore.
The wife also makes me mow nearly 2 acres...snakes don't really care for open grass either. Too may hawks, feral cats, possums, skunks, etc. around for them to live too long.
