Close call today

[Marc M]

Coiled up 12" from my backside, scared the crap out of me....

[Garry Blankenship]

Perhaps a down side for being able to enjoy so much sun - - - said the moss back. Is there any kind of a temporary first aid / time buyer that one could maybe keep in their vehicle until professional help can be found ?

[Tim Spargo]

April and October... seems like I've seen more slithery types..

Glad he was 12" from your backside than attached to it.

[Marc M]

April and October... seems like I've seen more slithery types..

Glad he was 12" from your backside than attached to it.

Yea, can you imagine ....

[Stuart Brooks]

Hmmm, good reason to eat a lot of beans or Fiber-One fart bars? Gas the sucker:D

[Stephen G]

Do you write it up as a 'Biting or Poisonous" hazard :D

[Scott Kight, ACE]

How did you put it in your report?

[Vern Heiler]

A little out of focus there Mark, couldn't you get a little closer for the shot?:D

[David Wood]

The second one isn't poisonous so I got a bit closer :)

[Marc M]

A little out of focus there Mark, couldn't you get a little closer for the shot?:D

I was too busy tripping over myself getting away from it and screaming like a little girl..:eek:
Did I mention it was only 6 or 8" long?:rolleyes:

[John Kogel]

April and October... seems like I've seen more slithery types..

Glad he was 12" from your backside than attached to it.


Yea, can you imagine ....I imagine you'd have a hard time finding someone who would suck the poison out. :D:D

But you're in California, so maybe not that hard.

[Marc M]

I imagine you'd have a hard time finding someone who would suck the poison out. :D:D

But you're in California, so maybe not that hard.

Ooo man..that's some funny Chit.. It's funny because you're probably right..

[Billy Stephens]

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Did I mention it was only 6 or 8" long?:rolleyes:
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That means Momma is close by. :eek:
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[Jerry Peck]

Did I mention it was only 6 or 8" long?:rolleyes:

Did it live to get any longer? :)

[Marc M]

Did it live to get any longer? :)

Yea, I didn't have it in me. It is true about the mother being close by?

[Billy Stephens]

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Yea, I didn't have it in me. It is true about the mother being close by?
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Rattlesnakes are Live Born.
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[Billy Stephens]

My guess Southern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus helleri (http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Reptiles/Crotalus%20oreganus.htm).

[Vern Heiler]

My guess Southern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus helleri (http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Reptiles/Crotalus%20oreganus.htm).

The last picture, that's the one that would have impressed us Marc:D

[Rick Cantrell]

If you only had the 2x4 from the garage door test. ;)

[Vern Heiler]

If you only had the 2x4 from the garage door test. ;)

Somenow I just can't see myself swinging a 6" piece of 2x4 at that snake, still not sure I'll swing it at the door:D .

[Marc M]

See, that's where "y'all" easterners are misguided. Ya see, out here, the small rattlers are more dangerous than the bigger ones.;)
Besides, the buyers and two sets of agents were there and I didn't want to startle anyone with any crazy chopping motions in the back yard. Can only imagine how that would have looked.:eek: Likely to have ended up on Youtube or something....

[John Dirks Jr]

Yea, I didn't have it in me. It is true about the mother being close by?

I thought the pic looked like a baby.

When they're born, they get no parental support. A mother being close by would just be a coincidence.

[Billy Stephens]

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screaming like a little girl..:eek:





, the buyers and two sets of agents were there and I didn't want to startle anyone with any crazy chopping motions in the back yard..
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So you were " Testing Acoustic Valves Privacy Areas rear of Residence." :D
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[Steve Truesdale]

Coiled up 12" from my backside, scared the crap out of me....

So, was your aim true. Did you hit it? :)

[Chris Roth]

Coiled up 12" from my backside, scared the crap out of me....


Did you whack him? Looks very young. If you did you could use him for fish bait or ate him. Pretty close to chicken taste.

[Toni Harter]

We had three baby rattlesnakes at our S. CA mountain house this weekend and thanks to you, I now know they are Southern Pacific - I read your posts every week when they are pertinent to our owner/builder problems and have found much useful information. Thank you.

[Jeff Spencer]

I was in a very small shed looking at a water well last week when a 4-foot rat snake dropped onto my shoulder from the rafters. I also screamed like a girl and I'm not sure, but I think the snake drowned in a large urine puddle...