Craig, which of your two snakes is that a picture of?
Wes, great story...but
and then brings him in
So are we talking about a bunch of bachelors here?
Barrie, you were concerned about poison that a rat would crawl away somewhere to die and ROT.
I pulled out my box of "Riddex Bloks" made by Wilson, 450g "domestic application" $10.35 at hardware store.
"kills rats and mice". Toxic to fish (and wildlife generally).
They actually dry up (eeeewwww nevertheless) and there's no smell.
I've got a dog (that I want to protect) so Bloks are placed in areas inaccessible to pets,
i.e. along a garage wall where, say, a freezer prevents a dog from going behind it,
or under some scrap lumber/wood along a wall (where rodents prefer to travel).
Maybe behind some bricks in your GH?
Put it along a wall near where their poop is found.
Worked for me for the mice in the garage.
Barb