re: #74 Anymouse

Yikes.

A story like that will ensure I keep my wits about me here (we have rattlesnakes and I live a long way from a doctor).

I’d really rather not get bit by anything at all.

Your rattlesnake is the Western Diamondback (crotalus atrox). It is generally not a mean snake. Given the chance to run, they will. Rattlesnakes den up during the winter, thus congregating in small spaces in the spring before spreading out to establish their ranges.

Just leave them the fuck alone, and you will be fine. You will appreciate the significant decrease in the tree rat population.