Got a little rattle...
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CaveCreekRay
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I already turned one rattler into a "training aid" about three weeks ago.
I was doing stack stone and was cleaning up for the day when I leaned on the hose reel box to reel in the hose. I happened to look behind the box and saw that unmistakable pattern moving towards me and under the hose box. I hate to kill most anything (except bugs) but with two dogs, I cannot run the risk, even though they get venom desensitizing shots. My male got a dry bite a couple years ago in the lower lip. I don't need a bite nor do they. (I don't get the shots!)
I moved the headless snake around each morning and had the dogs come out on shock collars. Once they connected the smell to a "zap," they didn't want anything to do with Mrs. Rattler. A couple days later, somebody made a meal out of her.
Lots of non-venomous snakes around and they are welcome because they run off rattlers and eat loads of mice and rats. Rattlers, not so much.
I was doing stack stone and was cleaning up for the day when I leaned on the hose reel box to reel in the hose. I happened to look behind the box and saw that unmistakable pattern moving towards me and under the hose box. I hate to kill most anything (except bugs) but with two dogs, I cannot run the risk, even though they get venom desensitizing shots. My male got a dry bite a couple years ago in the lower lip. I don't need a bite nor do they. (I don't get the shots!)
I moved the headless snake around each morning and had the dogs come out on shock collars. Once they connected the smell to a "zap," they didn't want anything to do with Mrs. Rattler. A couple days later, somebody made a meal out of her.
Lots of non-venomous snakes around and they are welcome because they run off rattlers and eat loads of mice and rats. Rattlers, not so much.
cliffboyer
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L3301 w/LA525 loader, G5200 mower w/RC48 deck, Kawasaki 610 Mule, DR mower
Three years ago copper heads started making an appearance in south central IL around my casa. Been living in IL 32yrs and never seen one before that.