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When baling in a field goes terribly wrong..... (Original Post)
Are_grits_groceries
Sep 2015
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truegrit44
(332 posts)1. Don't know where this is but that is
one big serpent! When I lived in WY on a ranch it wasn't uncommon to bale up rattlesnakes.
lastlib
(23,388 posts)7. yep, I baled up a few myself--mostly copperheads and black snakes here in MO
Certainly never anything like that guy, though
PatrickforO
(14,604 posts)2. That baling sure DID go wrong. Terribly wrong. For the snake.
malaise
(269,328 posts)3. Freaking wow!
WTF is right
csziggy
(34,140 posts)4. It does happen - with snakes and other critters
And you can't feed that hay to horses (don't know about cattle) - the dead animal can give your hay eaters botulism.
We've found snakes, cotton rats and field mice baled in our hay. Usually they were smashed in between the "flakes" and only the contacting areas were ruined.
I just read on an equine forum that they now have botulism shots to protect horses - advisable if you're feeding round bales. I'll have to ask my vet about those!
csziggy
(34,140 posts)5. Speculation is that's an Argentine boa and the photo is from Argentina
Historic NY
(37,462 posts)6. Looks like he's a bit tied up...
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)8. Oh. My. God!