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Snake Repellent
Original Test Data available on Net is as follows:
Testing
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ten years of independent research and follows-up testes were also
conducted by Dr. T's nature Products. Inc. The effectiveness of the
repellent is demonstrated by the following experiments performed with
various species and the products has been found to have a rate of
efficacy that varies from 17% to 100% depending on the individual
species.
- 87.5% Aakistrodon controtirix Copperhead
- 75% Coluber constrictor Black Racer
- 91% Crotalus adamanteus Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus attrox Western diamondback rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus horrids Timber rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus rubber Red diamondback rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus viridis pacific rattlesnake
- 17% Elaphe guttata Corn or red rat snake
- 21% Aakistrodon platyrhinos Cotton mouth
- 47% Elphe obsoleta Yellow rat snake
- 100% Heterodon platyrhinos Cotton mouth
- 47% Elaphe obsoloeta yellow rat snake
- 100% Heterodon platryrhinos Easter hognose snake
- 100% Micrurus fulvius Eastern coral snake
- 50% Phython molorus Burmese python
- 100% Thamnophis marcianus Checkered garter sake.
In
as much as the normal behavior of snakes is to move slowly in a
deliberate and investigatory manner, the experiments were devised to
test the snakes responses to spread on the ground across an area where
it is desired to prevent or discourage snakes from entering.
Preferably, the granules should be spread in a strip 10-30 centimeters
wide, although generally the wider the strip the better. In this
manner, an odor barrier is provided.
Additionally, a smaller amount of the product may be scattered in a
diffuser non-continuous manner just beyond the strip, on the side
away from the area to be protected. This added scattering of the
repellent serves to lessen the probability of occasional snakes
wandering beyond the strip. After 2 months, a group of 16 snakes was
again re-tested. In this test the branches of the "Y" were reversed, so
that the repellent strip was at the branch opposite from that in the
previous test. Moreover, the repellent used was five weeks old (i.e.,
it had been on the ground outside, but protected from heavy rainfall).
Eleven snakes exhibited overt avoidance of the of the repellent and
four snakes crossed the repellent. Two of the snakes which crossed the
repellent exhibited avoidance behavior first, eventually moving across
the repellent strip while rubbing the head against the ground,
seemingly attempting to escape from the repellent. Repelled snakes
showed no hesitation to enter the opposite (benign) branch of the "Y".
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