[HobieMarty]

Apparently we have a snake that has decided to take up residence under the pad that our heat pump sits on. The pad sort of overhangs on the back side and is a plastic/composite material, when we had a new system installed a couple of years ago, the technicians placed the new pad on top of the old concrete pad and the newer one is bigger than the old one therefore the newer pad has a few inches of overhang. Anyhoo, a snake has decided to make the space his/her new home. The drain for the a/c also empties there, so it has a nice little home there with water and there used to be Toads around but I'm sure it ate them all.
So I am wondering how should I get the snake to move on to somewhere else? Since the drain for the a/c in in the same area, I poured a cup of bleach in the drain line in the hope that as it drained the snake would smell it and leave, but so far, it is still there or at least I think it is still there, took my dog out this morning and I didn't see it. My son tried fo get a picture of it yesterday so we could see what type of snake it is, it would stick it's head out from under the pad but when it would see him, it would go back under the pad. I don't want to kill the snake but I don't want it to live so close by either. Anyone have any suggestions as to how to get the snake to go back to the woods?

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