R-pod Owners Forum : Rattlesnakes https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Miscellaneous / Off-topic : Rattlesnakes Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:56:38 +0000 Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:08:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10015 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ Rattlesnakes : Cause that where we keep the beer ... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=98211#98211 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 19 Aug 2017 at 8:08pm

Cause that where we keep the beerYing Yang]]> Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:08:57 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=98211#98211 Rattlesnakes : Snakes don't climb stairs?... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=98209#98209 Author: Sammy the dog
Subject: 10015
Posted: 19 Aug 2017 at 7:33pm

Snakes don't climb stairs? I have watched snakes slither up into tow vehicles. 12 +inches off ground. It was weird because I was out looking for snakes for a classroom, stopped at a parking lot, the snake came out of nowhere, went to the car next to us, then proceeded to climb into the engine area? 
Yep they could get in you pod. But why would they??
Lived in snake country most of my life.
]]> Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:33:54 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=98209#98209 Rattlesnakes : https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96731#96731 Author: birderdiane526
Subject: 10015
Posted: 20 Jul 2017 at 7:34pm

]]> Thu, 20 Jul 2017 19:34:37 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96731#96731 Rattlesnakes : https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96713#96713 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 20 Jul 2017 at 3:52pm

LOL]]> Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:52:02 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96713#96713 Rattlesnakes : We saw those same signs at... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96708#96708 Author: fwunder
Subject: 10015
Posted: 20 Jul 2017 at 3:01pm

We saw those same signs at Little Big Horn. My wife doesn't scream at snakes. She picks them up (true). Yeah, I know. Kinda weird. But...when I developed a big bulls-eye (and a few other side-effects) from a tick bite this summer and was treated for Lyme, every time I get out of the shower...she screams!!!


gotto keep this thread going...


 


]]> Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:01:02 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96708#96708 Rattlesnakes : A couple of years ago, my wife... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96706#96706 Author: Tintin
Subject: 10015
Posted: 20 Jul 2017 at 1:23pm

A couple of years ago, my wife and I traveled  to SD. With exception of a few area in S. MN we have few, if any, rattlesnakes and are not familiar with how they might behave.  In Badlands we saw a sign on a trail warning us of rattlesnakes.  We turned to each other with expressions of confusion as to how to proceed. 
We never saw any snakes, which was good as my wife's scream when she sees a common garter snake is several decibels higher than is considered safe by OSHA. 

Most of our camping is in Northern MN,  UP MI and Ontario - we  have plenty of mosquitoes but thankfully no rattlers.Wink
]]> Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:23:28 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=96706#96706 Rattlesnakes : https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95718#95718 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 6:05am

LOL]]> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 06:05:06 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95718#95718 Rattlesnakes : Just read this thread all the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95712#95712 Author: birderdiane526
Subject: 10015
Posted: 28 Jun 2017 at 9:08pm

Just read this thread all the way through. ROFLMAO!! That is all.]]> Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:08:02 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95712#95712 Rattlesnakes : Now that's a snake!!! ... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95675#95675 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 28 Jun 2017 at 5:27am

Now that's a snake!!!]]> Wed, 28 Jun 2017 05:27:03 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95675#95675 Rattlesnakes : Good job Leo! Reminds me of... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95671#95671 Author: fwunder
Subject: 10015
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 8:29pm

Good job Leo! Reminds me of Marlin and Jim wrestling that anaconda!




]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:29:32 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95671#95671 Rattlesnakes : https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95670#95670 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 8:16pm

LOL]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:16:57 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95670#95670 Rattlesnakes : Leo, I think you have a future... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95654#95654 Author: mcarter
Subject: 10015
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 5:17pm

Leo,

I think you have a future as a wildlife photo guy, but you have to get out of the TV.]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:17:12 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95654#95654 Rattlesnakes : Getting the hang of it! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95645#95645 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 3:05pm


Getting the hang of it!
]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:05:26 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95645#95645 Rattlesnakes : Another very important fact is... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95644#95644 Author: Happy Tripping
Subject: 10015
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 2:32pm

Another very important fact is that the range of a striking snake really isn't that great. 

The biggest rattlesnake (E. Diamondback) gets up to 8 feet long but that means they can only reach someone within 3-4 feet of them. Most rattlesnakes, etc are more like 3 or 4 feet, at most, with proportionately decreased striking range.

Have fun, keep your eyes open, and don't reach blindly into woodpiles ('Copperhead Country').
]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:32:44 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95644#95644 Rattlesnakes : https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95633#95633 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 1:34pm

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:34:05 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95633#95633 Rattlesnakes : Late to respond here, but hope... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95630#95630 Author: Live2Camp
Subject: 10015
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 12:42pm

Late to respond here, but hope this helps - have lived with and camped with rattlesnakes all my life and a key thing is to be able to see where you put your feet and your hands. If this sounds really basic, it is - but it's often & understandably overlooked. So no criticism! I recommend putting a brightly-colored mat on the ground below your step (and in front of tent doors). This can be the bright green or bright blue indoor-outdoor "carpet" that you buy at hardware stores for example. It wil serve at least two purposes, keeping dirt out of your trailer or tent, and providing a contrast if rattlesnake/s are around. When you're ready to break camp, just sweep it off and roll it up. Anything that provides shade and/or cover - your trailer, boards or garbage can lids on the ground, tarps on the ground, wood piles, etc. - can provide for a rattlesnake. To them it's a shelter - they are hiding from overhead predators (hawks primarily) and also watching for their prey - so keep those kinds of things away from where you step, sit, reach and you'll greatly reduce the opportunity for them to cozy up near where you are. Always glance under picnic tables before you sit down for the same reason. In fact I like contrast under picnic tables as well :-)

And, if you're camping long-term enough to put out bird feeders keep in mind that bird seed that reaches the ground attracts rodents which attract rattlesnakes (and other predators). In general for long term camping (and for the benefit of the next campers) the fewer food crumbs any of us leave on the ground in snake habitat, the less the chance of drawing them in (again because they seek the rodents who seek the crumbs). Hope this helps! -Live2Camp & tell about it :-)
]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:42:45 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=95630#95630 Rattlesnakes : I need an agent!! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93945#93945 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 25 May 2017 at 7:53pm

Thumbs Up I need an agent!!]]> Thu, 25 May 2017 19:53:08 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93945#93945 Rattlesnakes : Now you've got a winner!... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93944#93944 Author: lostagain
Subject: 10015
Posted: 25 May 2017 at 7:44pm

Now you've got a winner! 😎]]> Thu, 25 May 2017 19:44:30 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93944#93944 Rattlesnakes : I got it! As we fade to black,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93938#93938 Author: fwunder
Subject: 10015
Posted: 25 May 2017 at 7:20pm

I got it!  As we fade to black, camera pans down. Leo is looking down too! We see tail of scorpion. It's locked an loaded...credits role.

Sequel: The Scorpion King

Leo comes back as a mutant ninja Camp Host! He can start campfires with his tail! (OK, so we know he can do that already - artistic license)

fred


]]> Thu, 25 May 2017 19:20:58 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93938#93938 Rattlesnakes : Fred, where do the scorpions fit... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93935#93935 Author: lostagain
Subject: 10015
Posted: 25 May 2017 at 6:55pm

Fred, where do the scorpions fit in?  

Why they even have those on United flights falling out of the overhead bins.  

You have to add the scorpions.
]]> Thu, 25 May 2017 18:55:05 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93935#93935 Rattlesnakes : Pure genius!!! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93934#93934 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 25 May 2017 at 6:49pm

LOL Pure genius!!!]]> Thu, 25 May 2017 18:49:27 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93934#93934 Rattlesnakes : Now I gotta make a second movie:Arachnophobia... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93929#93929 Author: fwunder
Subject: 10015
Posted: 25 May 2017 at 6:21pm

Now I gotta make a second movie: Arachnophobia II: PodSpiders

I think I need a Kiscksartser Project!

 Furpod will play the brave entomologist who.... after numerous Black Widow stings is not only immune but has grown eight appendages which not only allows hims to stabilize his trailer with just a few quick turns;  can also raise an R-Dome and start the BBQ at the same time! While he is parking his Pod, we see Leo screaming and running down the park path with nothing more than a bath towel followed by Techntrek with jumper cables attached to a solar panel determined to neutralize the hairy eight legged menace chasing Leo. We run pass CharlieM who calmly explains that the amperage is deceasing the further Techntrek gets from the power source and will probably be ineffective. Leo summons his inner New England, northern woods instincts and jumps and drop kicks the hairy eight legged menace! Leo's towel drops off....fade to black...

fred A.K.A... Francis Fred Coppola 

]]> Thu, 25 May 2017 18:21:11 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93929#93929 Rattlesnakes : We had a big old rattler that... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93875#93875 Author: GlueGuy
Subject: 10015
Posted: 24 May 2017 at 10:33pm

We had a big old rattler that lived in our pump shed for a number of years. He would always be hanging out in the corner. He never rattled, and he never uncoiled. He just sat there. I don't know how long he was, but Western Rattlesnakes never get very long. But they do grow in girth quite a lot, and this guy was close to 2 inches in diameter.

The story goes that they only get that big if they are non-aggressive. This guy was certainly that. We once had a plumber in there working on the pressure pump/tank. I pointed out to him that there was a rattler in the corner, and he replied "Yeah, I saw him, and he's not bothering anybody."
]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 22:33:01 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93875#93875 Rattlesnakes : Thanks Mike, I will make sure... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93870#93870 Author: jato
Subject: 10015
Posted: 24 May 2017 at 8:48pm

Thanks Mike,  I will make sure there are no sticks laying against the slide or under the slide for them to get any "ideas."]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 20:48:50 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93870#93870 Rattlesnakes : Way to get their attention !! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93829#93829 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10015
Posted: 24 May 2017 at 12:13pm

LOL Way to get their attention !! ]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 12:13:42 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93829#93829 Rattlesnakes : Been bit by a BW in northern Cali,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93816#93816 Author: furpod
Subject: 10015
Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:14am

Been bit by a BW in northern Cali, AND central Kentucky..

Once as a child, California, and a few years ago as an adult, here.

BTW, if you walk into the ER with a BW in a bag, and a swelling hand, they bump you RIGHT to the front of the line.. LOL

Recovered from both bites with no issues.. I have a cousin who lost a fair bit of her right rear cheek to a brown recluse bite. We have lots of snakes.. but we live in the woods. We also have a very large black rat snake that stays pretty close to the house.. I like him/her, but it can startle you when you find them in odd places..
]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 09:14:51 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93816#93816 Rattlesnakes : Ron, not to worry there are plenty... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93815#93815 Author: lostagain
Subject: 10015
Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:04am

Ron, not to worry there are plenty of black widows in the houses of CA too.  The last black widow I found in my house (30 mi from CA +/-) had taken up residence under my dishwasher in the kitchen.  .... she said she was from Creston, CA. 😉]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 09:04:23 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93815#93815 Rattlesnakes : Oh Great!! Now I have black widows... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93806#93806 Author: ronahue
Subject: 10015
Posted: 24 May 2017 at 6:28am

Oh Great!! Now I have black widows and scorpions to worry about. Maybe I'll just sleep in my brother's house and leave the pod to the creatures of the night😩]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 06:28:14 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93806#93806 Rattlesnakes : Where we live, even though it's... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93801#93801 Author: lostagain
Subject: 10015
Posted: 23 May 2017 at 10:13pm

Where we live, even though it's rattlesnake country, I think I'd worry more about black widows and scorpions.  When the pod is sitting in its parking place being left nice and quiet, that's when the black widows and scorpions can take up residence in the nooks and crannies where you stick your hand w/o looking.  

Has anyone ever had any undesirable creature like snakes and such get into the frame rails?  
]]> Tue, 23 May 2017 22:13:09 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93801#93801 Rattlesnakes : Originally posted by mcarterSnakes... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93795#93795 Author: StephenH
Subject: 10015
Posted: 23 May 2017 at 8:51pm

Originally posted by mcarter

Snakes are very interesting things. . . .  One other thing - on my property I have a very large king snake, who has a thing about my garden hose, it is shocking to pick up your garden hose and find it has a partner.

Better you than me. I almost stepped on a glass snake once (actually, a legless lizard that is harmless). I almost needed to go change. Shocked
]]> Tue, 23 May 2017 20:51:50 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=93795#93795