Snake Trap

[guidofatherof5]

Why the substrate?
You can also substitute worms for the dirt you store them in. Then all you have to do is keep the dirt wet and you don't have to worry about the worms going south on you. The only reason I mention the dirt is that I sometimes leave the empty(no worms) worm container(Walmart) in the enclosure. The snakes dig through it as if they are going to find something so the scent must be there. Placing the dirt in a piece of old or new pantyhose will hold the dirt together and you'll have less of a mess in the end. Just an idea.

[Didymus20X6]

Why a substrate? Just in case the snake makes a mess in there.

I'll keep that trick with the worm dirt in mind. But for now, I've got plenty of nightcrawlers to spare.

[Didymus20X6]

Nothing yet. I did scent the funnel with worms, and I put a few drops of crappy bait scent in the worm dirt, just to kick the smell up a bit.

As for whether it would work, I did put my own snakes in it, while I was replacing the substrate in their regular enclosure, and while they loved climbing on top of the funnel to try to escape, it didn't seem to occur to them to climb through the funnel. But then again, that's not the way they entered, so that's no guarantee that one entering the trap won't find it's way back out.

I've given some thought to trying to create some sort of catch to the funnel, so that once a snake climbs in, its way out is blocked. The top of a bottle cap and a tiny hinge might do the trick, but I'm not really up to any more construction today. I'm still feeling a little ill from yesterday. Besides, I'm willing to bet the hardware store is closed.

[radtad]

Any success yet with the trap seems like a great idea

[flickerfriend]

Anything else with the trap?

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

I'm gonna have to take "plywood" for 200 hundred "Bob!"

My favorite unintentional yield of a herp bounty came from the raising/razing (in this case the same) some old weed tarps that happened to cover small boulder piles. All sorts of critters had tunneled under the old fabric: 1 gopher snake, 2 ring-necks, a yellow-bellied racer, and an alligator lizard!