A snake in your garage or on your lanai gets your heart going, and that’s normal. Most snakes around here are harmless, but you shouldn’t have to guess. We provide snake removal in Kissimmee, FL any time of day or night, and because we’re based in town, help isn’t coming from across the state.
Licensed & insured. Free inspection. Humane removal and sealing.
This part of Osceola County sits on a lot of wet ground. Lake Toho, the creeks and the retention ponds tucked into subdivisions are all good snake habitat. Snakes follow food, and food here means frogs, lizards, rodents and fish. When one ends up at your door, we remove it and help you figure out why it showed up.
Snake Removal Kissimmee FL Families Can Call Day or Night
Snakes don’t keep business hours. We answer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for homes and businesses. When you call, we’ll ask where the snake is, what it looks like and whether anyone is near it. Then we head your way.
While you wait, keep your distance and keep kids and pets back. If you can do it safely, watch where the snake goes from several steps away. Don’t try to catch it, pin it or kill it. Getting close is how people get bitten.
Venomous Snakes in Osceola County
Four venomous species live in Central Florida. It helps to know what they look like, but you should never need to get close enough to check.
- Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. Heavy body with a clear diamond pattern down the back.
- Dusky pygmy rattlesnake. Small and gray with dark blotches. Easy to miss in mulch or leaf litter.
- Cottonmouth (water moccasin). Thick, dark snake usually found near water, including pond banks and creek edges.
- Eastern coral snake. Red, yellow and black bands. Small and shy, but venomous.
The Harmless Snakes You’ll See Most
Plenty of the snakes you’ll run into are non-venomous. The southern black racer is the fast, glossy black snake that shoots across driveways. Rat snakes, including the yellow rat snake and the corn snake, climb well and go after rodents and bird eggs. Garter snakes, ribbon snakes, ring-necked snakes and brown water snakes round out the list.
It’s easy to mix up a brown water snake with a cottonmouth, which is one more reason to leave identification to us. Harmless also doesn’t mean welcome in your house. A rat snake in the attic usually means rats are up there too. If so, our rat removal in Kissimmee takes away the food source that drew the snake in.
Where Snakes Turn Up Around Kissimmee
Pool cages are a big one. Many vacation-rental homes along US-192 have screened pool enclosures, and a small tear at the bottom of a screen is all a snake needs. Guests walk out in the morning and find one curled up by the pool pump or under a lounge chair.
Homes that back up to retention ponds see more water snakes and the occasional cottonmouth. Properties near Shingle Creek, Reedy Creek and the Lake Toho shoreline get the same. In Buenaventura Lakes and the subdivisions along Osceola Parkway, a garage door left open in the evening is a common way in. Snakes slip inside after the heat of the day and hide behind boxes or under shelves.
How We Remove Snakes and Keep Them Out
- Locate and capture. We find the snake and remove it with the right tools, without harming it.
- Follow FWC rules. Native snakes can be released on the property or relocated only to a site of at least 40 contiguous acres in the same county, with the landowner’s written permission. Non-native species can’t be released at all.
- Inspect. We check the whole property for how it got in: door sweeps, garage gaps, pool cage screens, weep holes and pipe openings.
- Seal. Our wildlife exclusion work closes those gaps so the next snake can’t follow the same path.
Make Your Yard Less Inviting
You can’t snake-proof a yard next to a pond, but you can make it less attractive. Keep grass short along the edges of the lot. Move woodpiles, stacked pavers and storage away from the house. Trim shrubs off the foundation so there’s no shady cover against the walls. Keep doors closed after dark, and fix torn pool screens quickly.
The biggest step is cutting off food. Rodents bring snakes. If you’ve seen rats or mice around your home, deal with those first. Our Kissimmee wildlife removal page lists the other animals we handle.
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Snake Removal Questions from Kissimmee Homeowners
Is there a snake removal service in Kissimmee that comes at night?
Yes. We take snake calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Snakes often show up in garages and pool cages in the evening, after the day cools off. Call (904) 729-6285, tell us where the snake is and keep everyone back until we arrive. Because we’re based locally, we can get to you fast.
Are cottonmouths common around Lake Toho and neighborhood retention ponds?
Cottonmouths live near water, so they can show up around the lake, the creeks and subdivision ponds. Brown water snakes live in the same spots and get mistaken for them all the time. Don’t try to tell them apart up close. Keep your distance and let us identify and remove the snake safely.
What do you do with the snake after you catch it?
We follow Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rules. Native snakes are released on the property where they were caught, or relocated to a site of at least 40 contiguous acres in Osceola County with the landowner’s written permission. That happens within 24 hours of capture. Non-native species can’t legally be released.
A guest found a snake at my vacation rental. What should I tell them?
Tell them to leave it alone, close the slider or pool cage door and keep kids and pets inside. Then call us. We’ll remove the snake, check the screen enclosure and doors for the gap it used, and let you know what needs repair so the next guest doesn’t get the same surprise.
Request a Free Inspection in Kissimmee
Tell us what you are hearing or seeing and we will call you back to set up an inspection. For a snake in the house, a bat in a living space or any emergency, call (904) 729-6285 now — we answer 24 hours a day.