[SEL] Re: rattlesnake in my playroom (OT)

Gary Epps garyepps at fidnet.com
Thu Jul 29 09:48:30 PDT 2004


Well, Arnie, the other choice is to keep him as a 'mouser'.  I understand
they can be pretty effective.

Gary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: [SEL] Re: rattlesnake in my playroom (OT)


> Hi Glenn,
>
> A couple of suggestions....
>
> Take your trusty 12 gauge and magnum loads of buckshot.  Fire a couple of
> rounds into every spot that looks like it could harbor a snake.  That
> should do the trick.
>
> Another option would be to take a nice fat mouse or hamster, tie a string
> around it's middle and tie the other end to a piece of furniture.  Put a
> dish of mouse or hamster food and a dish of water nearby so the "bait"
> remains calm and happy.  Wait for Mr. Snake to "take the bait".  Then use
> the string to lead Mr. Snake back outside.
>
> I hope that helps...
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Glenn Wilson wrote:
>
> > Talk about snakes and buzzing..... I live in upstate NY and we just
found
> > our FIRST ever Timber Rattlesnake (we belive it is) in our playroom.
> > We think it may have come north in the 60HP Fairbanks Morse engine
> > but have no way to know anything for sure... it is still loose in the
> > playroom
> > as I wasn't ready to catch it the first time it showed up. There is no
> > doubt in my mind how well it rattles! It is loud and clear. It is brown
with
> > diamond patterns all over its body but they didn't seem to be outlined
> > in white like a diamond rattler. Its head looks normal width like a
> > milksnake
> > and its tail didn't have the characteristic segmented rattler - its tail
is
> > about 2" long and hard and pointed and dark brown to dark red. The
> > snake is a good 1" in diameter or maybe a little more and about 24"
> > inches long. We watched it go down behind a file cabinent and we
> > haven't seen it since. hmm.
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