Friday, I opened my pump house and there was a red-bellied snake in there. I left him alone but he didn't like it when the pump came on and scooted off somewhere.
Later the same day, I was filling my sprayer tank with liquid nitrogen from a pallet tote and suddenly a black racer came bailing out of the sprayer tank. Apparently, he had taken up residence in the 2" suction hose that I was using to transfer the liquid. I snatched him up and rinsed him in a bucket of water but I can only imagine how badly it stung his eyes if it didn't blind him. Nitrogen is strong ammonia.
Yesterday, I was about to hook up the flail mower and a big red-bellied snake darted from the mower to under the tarp over the adjacent implement. Luckily, that got me thinking about snakes and probably was the only reason I spotted this guy next to the mower.
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I scampered back to camp to grab my snake tongs so I could catch the rattler to use for some snake break training with the dogs and he was gone when I got back. Needless to say, I scanned the ground before every step for the rest of the afternoon.
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