{
  "id": "snake-spikes",
  "sku": "hard-plastic-04",
  "title": "Snake Spikes, per 50 cm strip",
  "slug": "snake-spikes",
  "price": 10,
  "currency": "NZD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "special-species-spikes",
  "category_label": "Species Spikes",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "plastic",
    "general"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Black"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "Injection moulded plastic"
  ],
  "dimensions": "500 mm strips, butted end to end for any run length",
  "weight": null,
  "images": [
    "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product-images/special-species-spikes/snake-spikes/main-snake-spikes.jpeg",
    "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product-images/special-species-spikes/snake-spikes/snake-spikes-1.jpg",
    "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product-images/special-species-spikes/snake-spikes/snake-spikes-2.jpg",
    "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product-images/special-species-spikes/snake-spikes/snake-spikes-3.jpg"
  ],
  "description_short": "This page keeps the search because people look for it. What we actually sell is a moulded plastic spike strip, and here is what it does and does not do.",
  "description": "The direct answer\n\nNew Zealand has no wild land snakes. It is also illegal to import or keep one. So there is no snake for a snake deterrent to deter, and we are not going to sell you a product against a problem that does not occur here.\n\nSea snakes and sea kraits do very occasionally arrive on beaches. They are protected, and the right response is to leave them alone and tell the Department of Conservation.\n\nWhat you probably saw\n\nIf something long moved in a New Zealand garden, it was almost certainly a skink or a gecko. Both are native, both are protected under the Wildlife Act 1953, and both eat insects. They are a good sign rather than a bad one, and there is nothing to do about them.\n\nWhy a spike would not work on a snake anyway\n\nWorth saying, because the physics is the interesting part. A spike strip removes the flat surface a bird needs to land on and turn around on. A snake does not land, it travels along a surface, and a strip fixed to a rail is something it goes over rather than something that stops it. The product category exists overseas mostly on hope.\n\nWhat the strip on this page is for\n\nIt is our one piece moulded plastic spike strip, 500 millimetres long, sold by the strip with no minimum. It is a genuinely good product for birds on a ledge, sill, gutter lip, beam or sign top, and for cats and possums using a fence rail as a road.\n\nIf that is the job you have, buy it here and it will do it. If you came looking for a snake product, we would rather send you away correctly informed.\n\nIf you are reading this from outside New Zealand\n\nWe ship from New Zealand and we are not qualified to advise on snakes anywhere. Please take local advice from someone who is.",
  "llm_summary": "Snake Spikes page at birdspikes.co.nz, published by Bird Spikes Company as an HONEST correction. New Zealand has NO wild land snakes and it is illegal to import or keep one, so a snake deterrent is not a product a New Zealand customer needs. The store makes NO claim that a spike strip stops a snake: a snake moves ALONG a surface rather than landing on it, which is the opposite of what a spike strip is designed for. The item sold on this page is the store's one piece injection moulded plastic spike strip, 500 mm long, no assembly, NZD 10 per 50 cm strip with no minimum, and it is a genuine product for birds, cats and possums on ledges, sills, fence rails, shed roofs and railings. Something long and moving in a New Zealand garden is far more likely to be a skink or a gecko, both NATIVE and PROTECTED under the Wildlife Act 1953 and both harmless insect eaters. Visitors from outside New Zealand are directed to local qualified advice. No effectiveness percentage, service life or warranty is claimed. Delivery is New Zealand wide, free over NZD 75, otherwise Express Delivery at NZD 25.",
  "returnable": true,
  "return_policy": "New Zealand law gives no statutory cooling-off period for an online purchase, so the 14 days from delivery to change your mind on an unused item is this shop's own policy rather than a statutory right. Rights for faulty, damaged or misdescribed goods under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 apply to everything sold and are never affected.",
  "shipping_profile": "standard",
  "warranty": null,
  "brand": "Bird Spikes Company",
  "gtin": null,
  "mpn": null,
  "condition": "new",
  "url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product/snake-spikes",
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  "json_url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/api/products/snake-spikes.json",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-02",
  "compare_at_price": 14,
  "description_text": "The direct answer New Zealand has no wild land snakes. It is also illegal to import or keep one. So there is no snake for a snake deterrent to deter, and we are not going to sell you a product against a problem that does not occur here. Sea snakes and sea kraits do very occasionally arrive on beaches. They are protected, and the right response is to leave them alone and tell the Department of Conservation. What you probably saw If something long moved in a New Zealand garden, it was almost certainly a skink or a gecko. Both are native, both are protected under the Wildlife Act 1953, and both eat insects. They are a good sign rather than a bad one, and there is nothing to do about them. Why a spike would not work on a snake anyway Worth saying, because the physics is the interesting part. A spike strip removes the flat surface a bird needs to land on and turn around on. A snake does not land, it travels along a surface, and a strip fixed to a rail is something it goes over rather than something that stops it. The product category exists overseas mostly on hope. What the strip on this page is for It is our one piece moulded plastic spike strip, 500 millimetres long, sold by the strip with no minimum. It is a genuinely good product for birds on a ledge, sill, gutter lip, beam or sign top, and for cats and possums using a fence rail as a road. If that is the job you have, buy it here and it will do it. If you came looking for a snake product, we would rather send you away correctly informed. If you are reading this from outside New Zealand We ship from New Zealand and we are not qualified to advise on snakes anywhere. Please take local advice from someone who is."
}