Snake Glue Traps
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That Mohave rattlesnake is one bad motor scooter. Deadly.
Rattlesnakes, scorpions and bed bugs. Sounds like Washington, D.C.
Scorpions, bedbugs and rattlers... some of your pets are loose.
I'm only sort of kidding about the cacti... :)
But I haven't heard stories of any particularly bad rattlesnake problems in the larger McDowell Mountain Ranch housing development that is closer to the actual mountains, so I'll guess the problem could be roof rats. If the apartment complex isn't cleaning up the citrus fruit that drops, it attracts the rats, which in turn attract hungry snakes coming out of hibernation. If the complex keeps up its maintenance, snake sightings should be very rare.
I grew up in Scottsdale ( the poor end of town) and rattlesnakes are not unknown in the area. I still live in the state in a small town surrounded by lower sonoran desert.
I the thirty years I have lived in my home I have seen about four rattlesnakes in the yard. Every one was being played with by the cat. I am convinced the cats bring them in from the wash nearby. Its amazing to watch, as fast as the snakes are, the cat is quicker. It is the biggest reason I keep a cat or two around.
I suspect if she had not tried to “save” her cat, both she and the cat would have been fine.
If you're going to live near wild areas you must train yourself and your kids to be aware, it isn't optional.
Must be a food source for those snakes in that apartment complex too. Mice? Snakes tend to crawl into houses through mouse holes, since they can fit through them and are following the mouse’s scent trail.
Well, thanks for taking the suspense out of what my next nightmare will be!
During the class one day a rattlesnake darted out from under a rock and he blew it away. He said the incident changed her opinion of guns, at least for the rest of the week.
That’s nothing - America’s congressional and White House snakes have put everybody in the nation at risk - not to mention the entire history of American democracy and exceptionalism.
Note to fellow recent immigrants: Scorpions sting, black widows, tarantulas, Gila Monsters and rattle snakes all bite and there is vegetation here that is meaner than most people where you come from. Adapt and learn to live with it or move to LA.
Rattlesnakes are quite slow when they strike and a cat has no problem playing with one, which is probably what was really going on.
My cat cornered one and seemed a bit put out when I killed it with a shovel. No need to waste ammo on vermin if you don’t have to.
