Thread: Rattlesnakes! What to do?

OK, so it all started with my sister (who recently moved in with me) wanting her satellite hooked up to her room...

As it turns out, I need to go under the house via the crawlspace. The black widows and giant house spiders are of no concern to me, until I get to the area underneath my house that is DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH WHERE I SLEEP EVERY NIGHT and I meet Mr., "O hai, I'm a canebrake rattlesnake that's as long as you are tall. I'm prolly havin' babies under here LOL"***

I love snakes; I truly do. Plus, it's getting a little warmer here (thanks Al Gore /sarcasm). But the rattlers? Well...they can screw off, as far as I'm concerned.

Does anyone have any advice as far as "snake control" is concerned? I hate to see the corn snakes and other rat snakes go, but damn, it's better that than my 10 yr. old nephew or 7 yr. old niece being bitten.

Thanks in advance.















*** Yes, I peed myself.

Get a Mongoose?

Originally Posted by InstaRAD

Get a Mongoose?

I agree.

Get a mongoose.




Or just load up the ol' shotgun with some birdshot and waste the snake that way.

move house and leave the snake to it?

I say nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

There are no rattlesnakes where I live, so I have no experience with this...

But, I think if you burn down the house, that will either kill the snake or cause it to move.

Oh man! I laughed when I read your ***!! lol!

Whilst I know nothing about rattle snakes, we have our share of deadly snakes here. As a general rule if you leave them alone they will leave you alone. Do not do as I did with a brown snake, and gently prod it with a stick - it just ****es them off apparently. Luckily our local hospital stocks antivenin and I am assured that the eye twitch will stop after a year or two.

No, seriously, if you have a snake issue in or around the house, I have found it better to spend a little money and get a professional snake wrangler in to deal with it. It was cheaper than I thought it would be, and it is way better than sitting around wondering what room it has slithered into this time.

Good luck!

James.

Get a King Snake or..even easier...Hire a professional

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Oh man! I laughed when I read your ***!! lol!

Whilst I know nothing about rattle snakes, we have our share of deadly snakes here. As a general rule if you leave them alone they will leave you alone. Do not do as I did with a brown snake, and gently prod it with a stick - it just ****es them off apparently. Luckily our local hospital stocks antivenin and I am assured that the eye twitch will stop after a year or two.

No, seriously, if you have a snake issue in or around the house, I have found it better to spend a little money and get a professional snake wrangler in to deal with it. It was cheaper than I thought it would be, and it is way better than sitting around wondering what room it has slithered into this time.

Good luck!

James.

LOL! I knew it! Now, you see, an Aussie has trumped my post...

Here: Black snake -- fast; agile; aggressive; non-venomous.
Oz: (Red-bellied) blacksnake -- fast; agilel; amongst the most venomous in the wolrd.

Here: Brown snake -- nothing to be concerned with.
Oz: (King) Brown -- amongst the most venomous in the world.

Here: Canebrake Rattler -- Chevrons on the back; pretty venomous.
Oz: Tigersnake -- Chevrons on the back; amongst the most venomous.

Everything else: Amongst the most venomous in the world.

Thanks, Jim, for putting things into perspective

Originally Posted by Allen

LOL! I knew it! Now, you see, an Aussie has trumped my post...

Here: Black snake -- fast; agile; aggressive; non-venomous.
Oz: (Red-bellied) blacksnake -- fast; agilel; amongst the most venomous in the wolrd.

Here: Brown snake -- nothing to be concerned with.
Oz: (King) Brown -- amongst the most venomous in the world.

Here: Canebrake Rattler -- Chevrons on the back; pretty venomous.
Oz: Tigersnake -- Chevrons on the back; amongst the most venomous.

Everything else: Amongst the most venomous in the world.

Thanks, Jim, for putting things into perspective

One of Terry Pratchetts Discworld books was called The Last Continent, and the continent was based on Australia.

Theres a great scene in the book where Death asks his library (its magic y'see) for a list of the deadly creatures from this continent and is then crushed by the multiple encyclopedias that fall from the sky.

He then asks for a list of the safe creatures. A small piece of paper drifts from the sky and on it is written "Some of the sheep."



Good luck getting rid of the rattler!