RE THE Rattlesnake thread..... (transporting, legal, to move)

[AlisonL]

Originally Posted by desert sun

im not suprised at all that his friend waited to see a doctor, most men dont get up and run to the hospital right away, men are stubborn and like to think they can deal with the pain or just think that it will heal on its own. I know plenty of guys like this. Its like asking for directions, most men wont do it even though it is so easy to. Since you are a guy(Im assuming) I would expect you to understand.


Im not sure what kind of world you live in, but I wonder if you've even been exposed to anything outside the house or anyone outside of the internet.

Exactly! It IS a male thing. Most men I know would drive lost for years before they would ever give in and ask for directions. In fact, I am the one who has to do the asking. My husband wouldn't do it.

I wonder if some posters have ever lived outside of a city. Things are alot different living in the country.

[caydriver]

Keep us posted Hunter. Hopefully it will be easily controlled. Yes, rattlers are dangerous this time of year!

[tecpatl]

Originally Posted by Poncho_NM

No tecpat, one big question does not stick out. It is just your attempts to try and make someone look foolish.

Making a lot of assumptions and attempting to give medical advice. Thanks for the URL, that doesn't help a person after the fact.

And your final "Sorry, but this is a very stupid way to deal with a snakebite" is kind of sickening to me.

Why don't you knock it off already.



Rich

You can bait me all you want, Rich....have at it... I could care less.
I didn't make a "lot of assumptions", and only responded to what I read in HW's post..... on the OP's topic, by the way, as opposed to criticizing other peoples posts, thoughts and ideas.
Are you suggesting that NOT treating a venomous snakebite until the next day is a sensible (non-foolish) way of dealing with this very unfortunate incident? People who read this thread could get the wrong idea , don't you think? Further, I didn't attempt to give medical advice... I only wondered when common sense took a holiday.
Given the antagonistic nature of this and related threads, I thought that if I said anything that might be construed as negative, I should back it up with facts, thus the link. Feel free to ignore it or any other medical information links I might post. The person who was actually bitten isn't reading this, as far as I know, so there is no "after the fact" advice to that person or any personal criticism of him, poor guy, only of his potentially dangerous (non)actions. Many people who DO read the rattlesnake posts, like those who have just moved to the SW from the East Coast, may benefit from knowing what to do if bitten, so I thought that was a second reason to include a link to medical information. Sorry 'bout that, Chief.
My final sentence is not a fraction as sickening as an (unneccessarily) untreated rattlesnake wound. Maybe HW will post one of his pics for us all to contemplate it.

[PeraltaJ]

Has anyone used those sticky rattlesnake traps? I wouldn't normally kill a snake, but there's a rattler hanging around my chicken coop that I want to get rid of (I've got two kids).

Thanks

[AlisonL]

I bet one of the resident rattler lovers who post on here would come remove it for you.

[RamblinRoseRanch]

Welcome to the forum! I'm afraid i've never seen a sticky rattler trap. Can ya link me?

[AlisonL]

Originally Posted by RamblinRoseRanch

Welcome to the forum! I'm afraid i've never seen a sticky rattler trap. Can ya link me?

I wonder if they are like the sticky traps you can get for mice. Not sure how you'd safely remove a rattler without being bit. And, I don't intend to find out.

[jiminnm]

We tried to use those sticky traps for mice, but we kept catching lizards instead. I managed to remove the lizards from the traps, but would never want to try it with a rattler (the lizards were a bit unhappy about the situation). We stopped using those types of traps.

[PeraltaJ]

Here's the link to the sticky trap I found.

Snake Trap - Snake Removal

The concept is a little gross, but I'm just not sure what else to do.

[AlisonL]

Originally Posted by PeraltaJ

Here's the link to the sticky trap I found.

Snake Trap - Snake Removal

The concept is a little gross, but I'm just not sure what else to do.

With two kids, I think I'd dispatch it to the happy hunting ground of snakes. Its not worth the risk, imo. Kids come first.