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Anyone have any experience with this product?

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I'd like to try this around my house to protect my kids.

It has been proven to be ineffective. Snakes are attracted to a rodent source and hiding places. It's that simple.
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is it a harmful substance to the animals? I don't ask because I want to use it, I ask because I don't want anyone using it here. TIA--Izora

I was afraid that would be the answer.

I'm constantly giving the same advice (remove food and shelter sources). However, that only goes so far. It's hard to remove rock outcrops.

The most effective deterant I've seen is having folks stop feeding the birds (and rodents). Amazing how quickly the rattlers move on.

An effective and harmless repellant would save many snakes.

it says on the back it does not work on copperheads and cottonmouths. in most areas those are two most frequently seen venomous snakes and if it doesn't work for those two, i would think the same for rattlers, they're all vipers.

I'm constantly giving the same advice (remove food and shelter sources). However, that only goes so far. It's hard to remove rock outcrops.

This is very good and correct information. However, I'm amazed at the number of people I run into that want to live "in the wilderness" but at the same time want to live "in the wilderness" on their own terms. Example: They want all the "pretty, cute" animals and not the "useless, dangerous" snakes. This is not pointed at you, just general observation on humans as a whole.

The most effective deterant I've seen is having folks stop feeding the birds (and rodents). Amazing how quickly the rattlers move on.

VERY good advice. However, as mentioned earlier, I run into people all the time that seem to want the "good" animals but not the "bad" ones. Just using this as an illustration of my thoughts, nothing personal against you as from your post it seems you have a good and reasonable head on your shoulders.

"I run into people all the time that seem to want the "good" animals but not the "bad" ones."

I think we've all run into those people. Hopefully, we can at least teach a few of them that there aren't any "bad" animals, just bad human-animal interactions (usually the fault of the human).

BTW, my wife got a real kick out of your observation that I "have a good and reasonable head on (my) shoulders". She used to think the same thing. Then I quit a good paying job and moved her three hours away from the nearest real city (defined as having a Super Wal-Mart and a mall). But hey, better to be surrounded by "bad" animals than bad people!