Hi Steph,
For starters, on 40 acres, you are more than likely going to find a few snakes here and there, especially if it's suitable land. As far as your front yard and near your house goes, make it as unsuitable as possible. Remove anything that the snake can hide near or under, and make it unsuitable for any rodents to feed near. Snakes will go where food is, so if there is a source, you'll have them. Make sure you don't have any grain or food that rodents may want to feed on. If you are on a farm, you're going to have more of a difficult time. They will provide rodent control for your farm, but with your kids I would understand your concern. There are people in here from SC that I'm sure will be more than happy to help you with ANY snakes you may find....it would almost be a gift for many to relocate or take a rattlesnake from your land. Wish I could help, but the 800 mile drive is a tad too far for me. Hope this helps and good for you for not wanting to harm the snakes.

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• looking for a rattlesnake friend - necessary824, Sun Mar 12 09:15:47 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - TJP, Sun Mar 12 10:40:18 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - TimCole, Sun Mar 12 10:46:20 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - necessary824, Sun Mar 12 12:24:10 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - agbull100, Mon Mar 13 07:16:48 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - necessary824, Mon Mar 13 07:54:25 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - Bob H, Mon Mar 13 09:02:07 2006
• Cats are a TERRIBLE idea... - SnakesAndStuff, Mon Mar 13 09:10:15 2006
• RE: Cats are a TERRIBLE idea... - texasreptiles, Mon Mar 13 16:08:34 2006
• RE: Cats are a TERRIBLE idea... - necessary824, Mon Mar 13 18:25:16 2006
• Relocating--- - psilocybe, Mon Mar 13 15:15:32 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - buddygrout, Thu Mar 16 11:40:01 2006
• RE: Cats are a great idea... - primevalbeauty, Tue Mar 14 07:47:59 2006
• RE: Cats are a great idea... - necessary824, Tue Mar 14 08:15:09 2006
• lol....yeah-just say no to cats - justinian2120, Tue Mar 14 23:21:19 2006
• RE: looking for a rattlesnake friend - LemonViper, Tue Mar 14 16:20:22 2006