Snake feces are rarely noticed or seen by humans , it takes a careful look for someone to see the feces. Snakes are carnivorous in nature, thus they eat flesh as well as any other living organism, alongside eggs , and rarely do they eat plants. Snakes can eat Baton Rouge insects and reptiles such as lizards, some species of snakes can eat smaller snakes also. In most cases, feces of most carnivorous animals can be mushy in appearance , and that may be as a result of the high fiber contents.



Snake feces often appear mushy, and smooth in texture, some snake feces may contain the fur or some skins of the animals they eat , and that may result from the indigestible nature of such Louisiana animals. Snake feces are somewhat consistent with some smooth edges. Snakes are believed to pee and poop from a single hole, thus their feces can be running in texture. While many people may think that snake feces will be thin and long, but that is not the case as the feces are much fatter than one may think.

When snake feces are fresh, they appear to be dark brown in nature, but when they dry up and age, they become chalky in nature. It may be quite difficult to identify the feces of Louisiana snakes, because such feces may resemble that of other animals. Secondly, Baton Rouge do not eat frequently like other animals, therefore they pass their feces out infrequently too. Since snake feces are hard to locate, you may have to search for such in places such as the holes they hide, and under the leaves or grasses where they hibernate. You cannot detect snake feces in and around trees, neither will you find it along their trails.

Keeping out Louisiana snakes can be more difficult than keeping out other animals, and the reason being that they are sneaky in nature and they can sense danger much faster than other animals. The most important step in controlling the invasion of snakes in your property is to eliminate sources of foods, these may include eggs laid by birds, chickens and other animals. Similarly, you can change your landscape or use snake chemical repellants such as chemicals sprayed on plants to make the area become distasteful and irritating to the Baton Rouge reptiles. You may also use some special traps that contains baits which can attract snakes effectively.

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