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<blockquote data-quote="aryfrosty" data-source="post: 1521097" data-attributes="member: 16877"><p>That's good info but I refer you to my earlier post wherein I posted my former wife's "Rules For Snakes" on our little farm...If it doesn't have legs, it's a snake. If it doesn't have a sign hanging around its' neck saying it is not a rattlesnake then it IS a rattlesnake!!</p><p>We raised purebred Weimariners and a crop of kids on our place and we could NOT afford to take chances with the kids or the dogs. Don't know if anyone here has had Weimers but they are the dumbest dogs in the world about snakes. One of ours was bitten several times by copperheads. She'd get over the bite and go back "to see" again and here we go again. The vet and I both gave in and he gave me IV steroids that I'd give one of they were slow in getting better. Several of our cats weren't so lucky. Always heard a cat around would keep snakes away. One of the big farm tomcats was found stonecold and stiff one morning by the kids with his arm down a hole in the berm of the pool. Small rattler came boiling out of there when I poured water and bleach down. He did not survive the application of 2,000 grains of common garden hoe to the top of his neck. Hardly a morning passed in summer when I didn't scoop up a copperhead or small rattler from our pool. Went in to drink and were too small to get out. I understand the arguments people have for leaving snakes alone. Wife and I didn't worry too much about ourselves because we always kept a sharp eye out...But we decided to rid the place of snakes for the kids sake. I don't care how many little varmints they ate...the snakes, not the kids...we had cats that kept the mice and rats at bay. It worked for us. We lost cats at times but no person was ever bitten while we were there. Mother in law came the closest...in summer she came over every morning to swim her laps in the pool. I heard her scream one morning and looked down to see her doing a pretty good job of running across the top of the water while screaming "snake" at the top of her lungs. She was swimming along and looked over to the side and there was a little copperhead swimming with her about two feet away. After that I had to check for snakes before she'd get in the pool.</p><p></p><p><img src="/images/smilies/hyper.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hyper:" title="Hyper :hyper:" data-shortname=":hyper:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aryfrosty, post: 1521097, member: 16877"] That's good info but I refer you to my earlier post wherein I posted my former wife's "Rules For Snakes" on our little farm...If it doesn't have legs, it's a snake. If it doesn't have a sign hanging around its' neck saying it is not a rattlesnake then it IS a rattlesnake!! We raised purebred Weimariners and a crop of kids on our place and we could NOT afford to take chances with the kids or the dogs. Don't know if anyone here has had Weimers but they are the dumbest dogs in the world about snakes. One of ours was bitten several times by copperheads. She'd get over the bite and go back "to see" again and here we go again. The vet and I both gave in and he gave me IV steroids that I'd give one of they were slow in getting better. Several of our cats weren't so lucky. Always heard a cat around would keep snakes away. One of the big farm tomcats was found stonecold and stiff one morning by the kids with his arm down a hole in the berm of the pool. Small rattler came boiling out of there when I poured water and bleach down. He did not survive the application of 2,000 grains of common garden hoe to the top of his neck. Hardly a morning passed in summer when I didn't scoop up a copperhead or small rattler from our pool. Went in to drink and were too small to get out. I understand the arguments people have for leaving snakes alone. Wife and I didn't worry too much about ourselves because we always kept a sharp eye out...But we decided to rid the place of snakes for the kids sake. I don't care how many little varmints they ate...the snakes, not the kids...we had cats that kept the mice and rats at bay. It worked for us. We lost cats at times but no person was ever bitten while we were there. Mother in law came the closest...in summer she came over every morning to swim her laps in the pool. I heard her scream one morning and looked down to see her doing a pretty good job of running across the top of the water while screaming "snake" at the top of her lungs. She was swimming along and looked over to the side and there was a little copperhead swimming with her about two feet away. After that I had to check for snakes before she'd get in the pool. :hyper: [/QUOTE]
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