I wouldn't offer this advice if I wasn't experienced with it. If you have worked with glue boards and have had difficulty, please offer your specific suggestions of improvement. Simply calling my idea stupid is unproductive. I admit that I made the erroneous assumption that if the OP were to use glue boards they would check them more frequently than every 12-15 hours, particularly if they are anxious to find the animal.



I have gotten multiple snakes off of glue boards with zero injuries. Actually, I have found more snakes in professional herpetologist funnel traps and pitfall traps that are injured or dead than on glue boards (which was zero).



Finding the animal attached to the board is frightening and first. Yes, getting them off can be a bit messy, but it has never taken me more than a few minutes with vegetable oil, then all remaining "stick" washed away with some warm water and a spot of dish soap.



I purchase glue boards as a four pack from Wal Mart that, if they do contain harmful chemicals, I have never seen their effects. The snakes I have captured this way are more than fine, they are thriving.



The image below is a close-up of a kingsnake I captured this way. You can see there is no damage to the area of scales that were attached to the board. If you would like to see more images of her, I will post them. I did not take pictures of her attached to the board because I was too excited to have her back again.






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