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I posted this in another forum a few days ago, but I'll put it up again in case you missed the first post.
Next time you have a hot day get a dozen or so bags of ice and drop them around the house and other areas you suspect may be havens for rattlers.
They will sense the cool spot and travel to the bags and curl up. Because they will chill quite a bit from being next to the ice it will slow their reactions and they will be fairly easy to decapitate with a shovel.
Watch your step when you go to inspect the bags. There may be one en route to the cool spot.
We have a lot of Mohave greens, which are the deadliest rattlers in North America. I use this method every spring as soon as we start getting into the '90s. It is very effective.
Don't bother calling animal control. It is not their job. They take care of domestic animals. Fish & Game will come out and take care of relocation if you can pinpoint the snake, but by the time they get there it will be gone.
Don't believe anyone who infers they aren't a danger. They're just plain foolish.
Go to the hardware store and get a long-handled shovel with as flat a blade as possible. That's all you need.
Next time you have a hot day get a dozen or so bags of ice and drop them around the house and other areas you suspect may be havens for rattlers.
They will sense the cool spot and travel to the bags and curl up. Because they will chill quite a bit from being next to the ice it will slow their reactions and they will be fairly easy to decapitate with a shovel.
Watch your step when you go to inspect the bags. There may be one en route to the cool spot.
We have a lot of Mohave greens, which are the deadliest rattlers in North America. I use this method every spring as soon as we start getting into the '90s. It is very effective.
Don't bother calling animal control. It is not their job. They take care of domestic animals. Fish & Game will come out and take care of relocation if you can pinpoint the snake, but by the time they get there it will be gone.
Don't believe anyone who infers they aren't a danger. They're just plain foolish.
Go to the hardware store and get a long-handled shovel with as flat a blade as possible. That's all you need.