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Barnyard Buddies:  Snakes Alive!!  |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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 Posted - Oct 15 2008 : 10:51:12 AM
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My sister called last night, breathless I might add, to tell me that she had encountered a rattle snake on her front porch! It was curled up and ready to spring into to action and Dayna hightailed it out of there, ran to the garage slammed down the garage door, ran into the house and locked the front door, lest her dogs decide to go out and investigate. Her hubs came home, and having had fair warning, came in through the garage and took a peek at a still spitting-mad rattler through the window.
Brave man that my brother-in-law is, he had the kids distract the snake through the living room window and while it was occupied with trying to figure out how to get them, he chopped its head off with a hoe. The snake turned out to be about 4 1/2 to 5 feet long. Yikes. That was a bad day for the snake.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
www.perfectlittlemiracle.blogspot.com
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - Oct 15 2008 : 10:58:16 AM
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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww. I HATE snakes.
I would have passed out if I saw that on my porch.
Glad they were able to kill it before it "got" anyone.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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eskimobirdlady
True Blue Farmgirl
700 Posts
connie
fairbanks
ak
USA
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Posted - Oct 15 2008 : 11:57:10 AM
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| omg! that is about as bad as my finding a snake in my kitchen cupboard! cant blame her for locking the doors (eventho we know that wont keep the snake out lol)! i didnt open my kitchen cupboard for 6 months,even then idid it with lots of banging and slamming lol. thank god there are no snakes in alaska! peace connie in alaska |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2008 : 1:03:59 PM
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Sherri- My sister lives in Florida, home of the gigundo rattlers. Two of her dogs were bitten by one a few years ago. (They survived.) The vet figures from the fang span that the snake was about 6-8 feet long. Seriously!! A few months after they were bitten, I went to visit and their heads were still swollen. Bad, bad stuff. I'll be on the lookout whenever I go down there from now on.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
www.perfectlittlemiracle.blogspot.com
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Oct 15 2008 : 7:13:02 PM
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Double Yikes! Glad things turned out well for all but the snake! We have them here but I've never seen one. Seen some bull snakes I thought at first were rattlers but thank goodness they weren't.
Audrey
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Snakes Alive!!
