Snake-A-Way is the world's only EPA registered, university tested, patented
snake repellent. It has been proven effective against both poisonous and
non-poisonous snakes. When used and applied as directed, it is environmentally
friendly to humans, animals and plant life. It has been universally approved and
endorsed by naturalists, conservationists and ecologists.
- Receive 1 - 1.75 lb Bottle (Coverage Area Protects .21 Acres)
Basic application:
- Use as an area repellent to clear snakes from the area...
- Then apply as a perimeter barrier to keep snakes from returning.
- For garter snakes, one 4 lb. container will protect approx.1/4 acre lot
with home.
- For rattlesnakes, it will take 2 - 4 lb. containers for the same 1/4
acre lot.
- A time release agent keeps it working for up to 2 months under normal
weather conditions.
- FOR OUTDOOR use only.
Does Dr. T's Snake-A-Way Snake Repellent really work?
You can be confident with the use of Dr. T's Snake-A-Way Snake Repellant. Its
efficacy reached over 83% in laboratory testing and almost 100% with field
studies that all 4 branches of the military ran. This snake control product was
found to be so effective that it protected our military during the Gulf War from
sand vipers and cobras. You can be confident in its ability to do the job.
Dr. T's utilizes the knowledge about the snake's Jacobson's organ and
interference with the snake's sensory reception ability. As Dr. T's Snake-A-Way
Snake Repellent's active ingredient vaporizes, it is brought into the sensory
receptor (Jacobson's organ) and creates an immediate interference. The effect is
repressive enough to close down the sensory system and scare the snake into a
hasty retreat. In simple terms the snake's nervous system is temporarily shut
down.
Snake-A-Way, like many other established American products such as Listerine,
Bayer Aspirin, and Coke Cola was developed by a registered Pharmacist.
Pharmacist & Inventor James B. Tennyson, spent more than 15 years researching,
testing, and developing Snake-A-Way.
Dr. Harvey Lillywhite, an internationally recognized Zoologist, at the
University of Florida, conducted extensive university level testing. We expect
that there will never be another repellent developed by ourselves or any other
company that will be as effective as Snake-A-Way.
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Dr. T's Snake-A-Way makes it and keeps it Snake Free!
Excerpts from The University of Florida
(EPA Testing & Protocol)
Effectiveness test were conducted by Dr. Harvey Lillywhite, Professor of
Herpetology, University of Florida. Dr. Lillywhite is internationally recognized
as one of the worlds leading research herpetology. Over ten years of independent
research and follow-up tests 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 product has been found to
have a rate of efficacy that varies from 17% to 100% depending on the individual
species.
- 87.5% Aakistrodon contortirix Copperhead
- 75% Coluber constrictor Black Racer
- 91% Crotalus adamanteus Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus atrox Western diamondback rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus horridus Timber rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus lepidus Rock rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus ruber Red diamondback rattlesnake
- 91% Crotalus viridis Pacific rattlesnake
- 17% Elaphe guttata Corn or red rat snake
- 21% Aakistrdon platyrhinos Cotton mouth
- 47% Elaphe obsoleta Yellow rat snake
- 100% Heterodon platyrhinos Eastern hognose snake
- 100% Micrurus fulvius Eastern coral snake
- 50% Phython molorus Burmese python
- 100% Thamnophis marcianus Checkered garter snake
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 the repellent in as near to normal conditions as possible.
In use, the granular product is 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 that
snakes are reluctant to cross. Additionally, a smaller amount of the product may
be scattered in a diffuse or 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".
CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION
The principal conclusions from this study are as follows.
- SNAKE-A-WAY repels snakes.
- The efficacy of the repellent varies with taxon: some species are
repelled with remarkable effectiveness, while others are not. However, all
species tested, exhibited some degree of behavioral avoidance of the
repellent.
- There are circumstances in which individual snakes of all species tested
will cross a strip of repellent, so the product cannot be regarded as an
absolute barrier to these reptiles. Such situations are expected to be rare
in natural environments, however, and
- Use of the product can be expected to reduce significantly the
occurrence of snakes within areas that are to be protected by recommended
use of the product.
Typical behavior involved jerking the head away from the repellent after
approaching it with the tongue flicks, then crawling away, often rubbing the
sides of the head along the ground for a brief period.
In one case the body of the snake started writhing after contacting the strip
of repellent. These behaviors were common and expected, and they occurred in
some individuals as they approached the repellent from distances of 10-15 cm.
Four snakes were re-tested two consecutive times and all repeatedly avoided the
repellent.
In various ways, it seems likely that a diffuse scattering of SNAKE-A-WAY
pellets over the area beyond the strip would have caused the snake to eventually
leave the area. Such procedure might also enhance the effectiveness of the
product on substrates that are coarse-grained or uneven.
Considering all the data, the fundamental conclusions regarding efficacy
remain the same. SNAKE-A-WAY should significantly decrease occurrences.
Copperheads were strongly repelled by SNAKE-A-WAY, while the related
cottonmouths were not. This result is interesting insofar as cottonmouths
inhabit swamps and readily feed on carrion. It is possible that the sulfurous
smell of the repellent is normally encountered by the latter species, either in
parts of the natural habitat or during carrion feeding, or both.
