Rattle Snake

[tagprod]

Aren't the baby rattle snakes more toxic than the big ones??

Yes they are. They typically inject you with all the venom they can. An adult gives you just enough of a dose to incapacitate you while it slithers away.

[CarlD]

Ok. MHO remains unchanged!

[ThePoolGuy]

Yes they are. They typically inject you with all the venom they can. An adult gives you just enough of a dose to incapacitate you while it slithers away.

Bingo

We stay'd a good distance from him...these snakes jump about half their body lenght. Thats about 4 inches for this guy. It still scared the crap out of us when it did it

I'm from Sweetwater... well aware of the Rattlesnake Roundup... yea they're dangerous, but more of a nuisance than anything else

If you're from Sweetwater, you know all about these guys for sure. I'm in Midland and we probaly want see half the Rattle snakes as you guys do. I've never made it to a round up but I hear it's insane how many snakes they end up with each year.

[fofa]

Well we don't have those, but we will get baby water moccasin (cotton mouth) in our skimmer, you have to watch those boogers, they strike before you can blink an eye. have not been struck, but I always open my skimmer carefully. They are small enough where they can't strike out of the top of the skimmer. Usually seem to get about one, sometimes two a year.

[DogPaddle]

Here in the Houston area we get copperheads . When I see one swimming along against the current (at least 2 or 3 a season), I just leave 'em in there till they're exhausted. It's easier to dip 'em out and "deal with them" when they're tired. Also always use caution when opening the skimmer cover.

[AnnaK]

Also always use caution when opening the skimmer cover.

Sheesh, thanks for adding yet another item to my already myriad neuroses

The worst we've had to deal with are wasps and hornets entangled in the dog hair. I'm the skimmer cleaner since Richard is violently allergic to stings and we're too far from a hospital for it to do any good. Now I get to think about snakes in my skimmer basket. O joy!

[Spensar]

I guess I can't complain about the dead frog I found going around and around in my skimmer after I got back from a few weeks of holidays!

[tagprod]

I guess I can't complain about the dead frog I found going around and around in my skimmer after I got back from a few weeks of holidays!

I'm pretty sure that would violate man laws in all 50 states