Showing posts with label snakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snakes. Show all posts

Rattlesnake infestation...

Well Thursday when LaVaughn and I got home, there was a 3ft rattlesnake stretched across the driveway less than 5ft from our garage! Here's where I'm going to apologize to all the snake lovers out there-- we killed it. We live in the country and just can't risk it. We have our dog that goes outside to potty and an outside cat. Plus we have chickens, ducks and geese.

We kind of thought that's what bit Milla, but we weren't sure. So while I'm at work Saturday, I get a frantic call from LaVaughn saying that she killed ANOTHER rattlesnake! This one was 3 1/2 ft long and had like 11 rattles. It was huge! I didn't get to see it until after 8 when I got home from work, so it was kind of dark, but I could still see how big it was.

Lets fast forward to today. Cersei was on our picnic table looking down at something -- she looked super freaked, I might add. Sure enough, another damn rattlesnake! This one was even bigger than the last at just over 4ft. This one was pissed for no reason and in striking position.

Do you have any idea how terrified I am to go outside? It's so sad thatwe literally have to walk around with a gun on our shoulders every time we have to go outside.

We're thinking there a den in an abandoned trailer close to our house. The conservationist said that it all sounds really bad and that we shouldn't go near the trailer. He suggested getting professionals to come in if there's anything inside and that it basically needs to be burned down. He said that seeing that many that big within a few days is not good news.

So yeah, I'm almost certain that's what bit Milla. Now, WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?

Here are pictures of the 3 snakes that we've recently come into contact with:

Rattlesnake #1


Rattlesnake #2


Rattlesnake #3


A fun Dam day...

The weather was so nice yesterday, we just couldn't stay in the house. So we grabbed Milla and the camera and headed for the Dam.

When we were on the Dam road, we saw a black snake, just laying there. We thought it was dead, but we went back just to be safe. And I'm glad we did, cause it wasn't dead. LaVaughn got out and took a few pictures of it and then some awesome video (see below). It was pretty much comatose the entire time, until it decided to leave. All in all, it was a pretty nice find.

Other than that, we got some pictures of the Dam an a nice Dam video. That's pretty much all though. Until next time, you know where to find me...

-Megan

Song of the day: Crazy by Gnarles Barkley

Gorgeous picture of our gorgeous dog.
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A grasshopper at Casey's. There were three all together.
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A nice Dam view.
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The black Dam snake.
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Another picture of the snake.
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A Dam drain.
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The Dam water.
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Some more Dam water.
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Milla on the Dam walkway.
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Such a cute picture.
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A Dam mushroom. This looks like it was taken underwater for some reason.
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And even more Dam water. This one is probably my favorite.
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The Dam walkway.
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A Dam tree.
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Look at how AWESOME the macro is on the camera. I love it!
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Now, the damn videos:




A little something new...

Well today we went to PB, like always. But instead of blogging about all the other places we usually go to, I thought I would blog about Pets R Us. Since my last few blogs have been coma inducing, I thought I would wake you all up with a few pictures. So here we go...



This picture was actually taken at PetsWay. It's just a bunch of adorable Hermit Crabs.


Another pic of them.


This rat was also at PetsWay. But it was just too cute to not put on here.


These are some adorable puppies that they had. They were chow and shepherd mix. You couldn't pick them up, but you could touch them.



Another pic of them.

This was another little puppy that they had. It didn't really do much while we were there. I don't think it felt very good. But it was super cute.


A few of their huge ass ferrets. They're way bigger than the ferrets at PetsWay.


Oh man, I loved this chinchilla. It was so cute. It ate the entire time we were there. The chinchillas at PetsWay a rarely seen.


This is a HUGE bearded dragon. I've never seen one this big. But it was super cute.


I'm not sure what kind of lizard this was, it just looked like a demon, lol.

Some more lizards.

They had like 50,000 snakes there. Well not that many, but a bunch. They were all over the cage.

Some awesome oscar fish.

A giant plecostomus fish they had. Never seen one this big before.

This was so sick. I can't believe people actually put diapers on their dogs. I just had to show this.

-Megan

Song of the day: Desert Rose by Sting ft. Cheb Mami