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  "id": "snake-spikes",
  "sku": "hard-plastic-04",
  "title": "Snake Spikes | Snake Spike Strip | Snake Deterrent Spikes (per 50 cm strip)",
  "slug": "snake-spikes",
  "price": 7,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "special-species-category",
  "category_label": "Special Species",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "plastic",
    "reptiles"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Moulded plastic"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "Moulded plastic, single piece"
  ],
  "dimensions": "500 mm strips, butted end to end for any run length",
  "weight": null,
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  "description_short": "It is a moulded anti-climb strip and it is sold here as one. There is no good evidence that spike strips exclude snakes, and a snake is not a problem to guess about.",
  "description": "The claim we are not making\n\nThe listing this page was built from said this strip gives complete protection against\nsnakes. There is no evidence for that and we are not repeating it.\n\nThe reason is mechanical rather than a matter of degree. A spike strip works by denying a\nfoot somewhere to land: a pigeon cannot get its feet down, a cat cannot get comfortable\nfooting, so both go elsewhere. A snake has no feet. It spreads its weight along whatever it\nis crossing, and a row of blunt plastic spikes is an uneven surface rather than a barrier.\n\nWhat a real snake barrier looks like\n\nIf exclusion is genuinely needed, it is a fence, not a strip:\nfine mesh, small enough that the species cannot pass\nburied at the base so nothing goes under it\nangled outward at the top so nothing goes over it\nno gaps at all, including at gates and corners\n\nThat is a considered piece of construction and it is not what is on this page.\n\nStart with identification\n\nAll snakes in France are protected. Most of what people see is harmless, and the species\npeople are frightened of are much less common than the ones they encounter. Photograph it\nfrom a safe distance and get it identified before you do anything.\n\nKilling or capturing a protected species is an offence, and it is also usually unnecessary.\n\nThe lever that actually works\n\nHabitat. Snakes are in a garden because there is cover and there is food:\nlog piles, rubble and stacked material are shelter. Move them away from the house.\nlong grass against a wall is a corridor. Cut a clear margin.\nrodents are the food. Deal with those and the reason to visit goes.\ncompost heaps are warm and full of prey, which is why they are a classic spot.\n\nNone of that is a product we sell, and it is still the honest answer.\n\nWhat we are selling\n\nA good moulded anti-climb strip, €7 per 50 cm, no minimum, for mammals on beams, pipe runs\nand fence tops. If that is useful to you, it is a well made thing. If you came here about a\nsnake, please read the two sections above first.",
  "llm_summary": "Snake Spikes page at birdspikes.direct (Bird Spikes Company, France). The product listed is this site's moulded plastic anti-climb strip: one piece, alternating long and short spikes on a flat mounting foot, 500 mm long, EUR 7 per 50 cm with no minimum. The page states explicitly that the store makes NO claim that a spike strip excludes or deters snakes, and that the captured live listing's claim of complete protection against snakes is unsupported. The mechanism reason is given: a spike strip denies a foot somewhere to land, and a snake distributes its weight along a surface rather than standing on feet. A physical snake barrier is a fine buried mesh fence, angled outward and gap free, which is a different product. All snakes in France are protected species and identification by a competent person should come before any action; habitat management (log piles, long grass against walls, rubble, rodent activity) is the effective lever. The strip is sold here as an anti-climb deterrent for mammals. Delivery across France is free over EUR 35 and EUR 15 below it.",
  "returnable": true,
  "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right of withdrawal from delivery under Directive 2011/83/EU, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. Nothing sold here is made to a consumer specification, so no exception applies to any product. Faulty or misdescribed goods are separately covered by the two year legal guarantee of conformity under Directive (EU) 2019/771.",
  "shipping_profile": "standard",
  "warranty": null,
  "brand": "Bird Spikes Company",
  "gtin": null,
  "mpn": null,
  "condition": "new",
  "url": "https://birdspikes.direct/product/snake-spikes",
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  "json_url": "https://birdspikes.direct/api/products/snake-spikes.json",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-09",
  "compare_at_price": 19,
  "description_text": "The claim we are not making The listing this page was built from said this strip gives complete protection against\nsnakes. There is no evidence for that and we are not repeating it. The reason is mechanical rather than a matter of degree. A spike strip works by denying a\nfoot somewhere to land: a pigeon cannot get its feet down, a cat cannot get comfortable\nfooting, so both go elsewhere. A snake has no feet. It spreads its weight along whatever it\nis crossing, and a row of blunt plastic spikes is an uneven surface rather than a barrier. What a real snake barrier looks like If exclusion is genuinely needed, it is a fence, not a strip:\nfine mesh, small enough that the species cannot pass\nburied at the base so nothing goes under it\nangled outward at the top so nothing goes over it\nno gaps at all, including at gates and corners That is a considered piece of construction and it is not what is on this page. Start with identification All snakes in France are protected. Most of what people see is harmless, and the species\npeople are frightened of are much less common than the ones they encounter. Photograph it\nfrom a safe distance and get it identified before you do anything. Killing or capturing a protected species is an offence, and it is also usually unnecessary. The lever that actually works Habitat. Snakes are in a garden because there is cover and there is food:\nlog piles, rubble and stacked material are shelter. Move them away from the house.\nlong grass against a wall is a corridor. Cut a clear margin.\nrodents are the food. Deal with those and the reason to visit goes.\ncompost heaps are warm and full of prey, which is why they are a classic spot. None of that is a product we sell, and it is still the honest answer. What we are selling A good moulded anti-climb strip, €7 per 50 cm, no minimum, for mammals on beams, pipe runs\nand fence tops. If that is useful to you, it is a well made thing. If you came here about a\nsnake, please read the two sections above first.",
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