I don't mow lawns; I've got a life!

Around here the snakes seem quite laid back. There's a resident black which wanders around and I follow it across open grass at a slow walk. I tugged its tail and it moved under its log. So it's semi-tame and takes a while to even notice me. Then we had a brown in the upstairs bedroom while my wife was there. It watched while I pushed down with a spade as i lack confidence in carrying browns outside.

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Black snakes are attracted to milk, whereas brown snakes are not. The result is that brown snakes are difficult to trap safely.
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Milk ? No generally I would grab it firmly and bite its neck

//Milk ? No generally I would grab it firmly and bite its neck//

Why not just tell it to bugger off in Parseltongue?

You sound like our outside cat Nick, it regularly presents us with half eaten snakes.

Last year we lost 2 dogs, one to an eastern brown, & the other to a yellow belly black. Seriously dangerous snakes get short shift around here these days, but the green tree snakes living in the hay shed are welcome friends.

Of course it makes great sense to produce lots of CO2 fertiliser for your grass while cutting it. Depriving it of this great lawn food is simply mean.