Snakes on the loose

whatdidyousay! said:
My dad ate snakes in the Mexican jungle and he said they taste like chicken. I will have to take his words for this b/c I am going to pass.
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Ive had smoked Rattle Snake, tastes great, lots of bones, but very light meat kinda like fish, doesn't taste like chicken more like lobster in texture, but tastes great.
 
sonocativo said:
Ive had smoked Rattle Snake, tastes great, lots of bones, but very light meat kinda like fish, doesn't taste like chicken more like lobster in texture, but tastes great.
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Maybe it depend on the snake ??? Dad did say when he was in the Mexico people would take a chicken and cover it with mud then put it a pit fire . When the mud became hard like baked clay it broken open and the feathers would comer right out and dinner was ready .
 
whatdidyousay! said:
Maybe it depend on the snake ??? Dad did say when he was in the Mexico people would take a chicken and cover it with mud then put it a pit fire . When the mud became hard like baked clay it broken open and the feathers would comer right out and dinner was ready .
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Thanks, but no thanks.
 
TinCanSailor said:
It might help but just walking should make enough noise.

Btw: When our Cottonmouths get to the 6+' length, usually we call a sheriff, police or security to shoot them with a shotgun. Too dangerous to get near. It would be safer to jump on an alligator. :)
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. . . or I whack them with my trusty garden hoe. :)
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
That's what I figured. I'm not sure if this is true, but if one is going into a forest, is it ideal to have a walking stick with you, so as to make noise on the leaves and such?
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Youre supposed to poke in under all the logs and flip them, ruffle the water and grass near the egde....
makes you safe.
 
I absolutely hate snakes. My youngest daughter totally freaks out if there is a spider or any kind of bug close by. I was so grossed out when she wanted to go into this snake store. Then OMG she wrapped one of those huge snakes around her neck. I was outside by this time. You couldn't pay me enough to do what she did. I'm still shocked that she did it.

She said she would love to have it as her pet IF it was a vegetarian.HAHA She feels sorry for the mice it eats.
 
We've had snakes in the back yard, on the front porch, in the azalea bushes, front yard, in the kitchen, under the front steps, dropping from trees, and wrapped around our Lab's muzzle. Lots of snakes in this area, and about half of them have been venomous.

I know how to handle a garden hoe. :lol:
 
Reba said:
We've had snakes in the back yard, on the front porch, in the azalea bushes, front yard, in the kitchen, under the front steps, dropping from trees, and wrapped around our Lab's muzzle. Lots of snakes in this area, and about half of them have been venomous.

I know how to handle a garden hoe. :lol:
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Snakes are one thing I had not seen in my yard , we have toads but I do not seen very many anymore .
 
whatdidyousay! said:
Snakes are one thing I had not seen in my yard , we have toads but I do not seen very many anymore .
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We also have toads, frogs, turtles and several kinds of lizards. Then there are squirrels, bunnies, raccoons and possums.

On our night time walks we use a flashlight to avoid stepping on the toads and snakes. :giggle:
 
Reba said:
We also have toads, frogs, turtles and several kinds of lizards. Then there are squirrels, bunnies, raccoons and possums.

On our night time walks we use a flashlight to avoid stepping on the toads and snakes. :giggle:
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I now use a flashlight after my dog and I walked right in a skunk .
A neighbor told me she was visiting a friend and saw 5 skunks in the driveway . :Ohno: We have tons of bunnies too and my dog like to eat the
their poop like candy . :roll: I like turtles , do you live near a pond ?
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I now use a flashlight after my dog and I walked right in a skunk .
A neighbor told me she was visiting a friend and saw 5 skunks in the driveway . :Ohno: We have tons of bunnies too and my dog like to eat the
their poop like candy . :roll: I like turtles , do you live near a pond ?
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Not a pond but we have a man-made stream that flows behind our property.
 
Reba said:
Not a pond but we have a man-made stream that flows behind our property.
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I knew there had to be some kind body of water near your house. That is cool . The only body of water we have is when a potholer fill up with rainwater and my birdbath.
 
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caz12 said:
DONT KILL THEM you blessed to have little snakes
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We only kill the venomous ones, like the Cottonmouths and Water Moccasins. They are little now but they grow quite large, and they are dangerous.
 
Rattlesnakes are bad here, too. This happened at a nearby park where my younger grandson works:

Snakebite victim improves
Brenda Rindge

Dec 8 2011 12:01 am Mar 23 8:09 pm

Zach Szala swallowed on his own Monday and gagged Wednesday when doctors put a tongue depressor in his mouth.

He is scheduled to have a tracheotomy today that could free him from the ventilator.

Those milestones have given friends and family encouragement that the Goose Creek 8-year-old is on his way to recovery from two rattlesnake bites.

"He's slowly, slowly making progress," said Zach's aunt, Ansley Crabtree. "Each day we get something really good."

Zach, who was bitten twice by a rattlesnake at Wannamaker County Park two weeks ago, is still in serious condition in intensive care at Medical University Hospital, according to officials there.

He was playing in the woods with his siblings and cousins on Nov. 23 under the supervision of Crabtree when he stepped over a log and apparently startled the rattler, which experts think may have been 6 feet long. It bit him twice in the calf.

Canebrake rattlesnakes have particularly toxic venom. In Zach's case, it has caused facial paralysis, which doctors hope will be temporary.

Zach can open his mouth and nod his head "yes" and "no." He doesn't open his eyes on his own, but has moved his right eye and acknowledged to doctors that he can see.

"I actually had a conversation with him today," Crabtree said. "It was a short one with him nodding his head, but that was very big. Nothing seems to have affected his brain, which is good."

The tracheotomy, which creates an airway through an incision and allows breathing without the use of nose or mouth, is reversible.

"They put it on the schedule because they think it's time to do it," said Zach's father, Anthony Szala. "I'd rather him not have surgery, but at this point, the benefits outweigh the negatives for us."

If Zach is unable to breathe on his own, he can be hooked up to the ventilator through the tracheotomy.

"We hope that's not the case, but if it is, we'll try again in a few days to remove the ventilator," Szala said.

The tracheotomy will allow Zach to use his mouth more and will also allow him to be more mobile.

"Even with the paralysis, he could get up and move around if he weren't hooked up to the ventilator," Szala said. "You can tell he gets really frustrated being in the bed. He's an 8-year-old boy."

Snakebite victim improves - Post and Courier
 
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