HI Brenda,
I haven't seen a snake for ages now, I tried to make a hat band with four Dugites when I was on a farm, but had no success, I turned them inside out to dry, filled them with sand, oiled them but they all stuffed up.
The biggest trouble I get now is snails in the garden, I don't want to put pelets down because of the dogs, and we used to get Toads that the dogs used to chase, not Cane Toads, just the little ones, but they can stick a little dogs mouth together with the stuff they secreat from thier glands.
But I haven't seen one of them for ages, just the Tree Frogs, I usually manage to get to them befor the dogs and throw them in the fish pond.
My black Poodle makes short work of the Mice around the Aviary, he doesen't eat them but won't give it to me untill its dead.
A Lizard would be good to eat the snails but I don't think the dogs would leave it alone.
All the best Keith ) K9 ).