 Ooh, now I like that one. But nonetheless, I and many others would rather those civic-minded snakes render their ecological services away from the house and in somebody else's yard if possible. On that score, Drew says it's almost impossible to exclude snakes from our yards and gardens, but we can make the area less inviting to snakes by what he calls habitat modification. Basically, find out what snakes like and then get rid of it. For example...