Arizona
Related: About this forumSpring time in Baja Arizona.
I saw a diamondback today.
A juvenile, about two-and-one-half feet long,
about as big around as an Eisenhower silver dollar.
That is all.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)Well, that's a pretty good-sized snake, juvenile or otherwise...
Be careful, OK?
Ptah
(33,028 posts)Kali
(55,007 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)took it way out in the wash and let it go.
need to do my snake proofing tomorrow.
Ptah
(33,028 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Yavapai
(825 posts)I leave them alone. We live in an extremal rural area, and I figure we live in their neighborhood. We have both Arizona black rattlesnakes and Mojave green rattlesnakes here. Besides, they help keep the rat population down.
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)My job was snake patrol. Just before grade school recess, two other guys and I would go out to the playground and remove any rattlesnakes which were in the play area or close enough to enter the play area during recess. We didn't kill them; would pick them up and take them a couple hundred yards off into the desert and dump them. Once we gave the all clear, the bell would would ring and they's turn the grade school kids loose.
I haven't seen any yet, but it is time and they tend to be hungry and aggressive this time of year. Lots of lizards in the yard and corral already.
Ptah
(33,028 posts)Kali
(55,007 posts)is there still water out there? wow, that was a good rain back whenever it was
30% chance on Saturday!
Ptah
(33,028 posts)It's more like this now: