Not sure where to put this one. We've killed two of these on the porch and one in the garage in the past two weeks. Our outside cat found the one in the garage. Got to be a nest somewhere close.
Blends into your carpet way too well. Looks more like a rat snake than any of the Crotalus genus, but still they have no business in your house. The cats are supposed to kill them, not chase them into the house. I know that cats are kept in Old Mexico because they are a real death dealer to rattlers.
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IMO, it does not look like a member of the crotalus genre (rattlesnakes)? The pattern does not look like it. I could be wrong + damned sure wouldn't be wanting to get bitten by it, regardless of species. We also have a snake here in central Texas that has a similar scale pattern, but when aroused, flares its neck like a cobra. They are not dangerous, but will scare the hell out of you when they stand up, flare their hoods, hiss at you. I'm sorry, but everyone that has done it to me, I have killed on the spot. Call it nerves.
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Carpetman, We left when I was 6, but came back frequently during the 60s as that was where the family was, plus my uncle John had the Massey-Ferguson dealership + propane dealership in WF. He also had a share in a dairy. I remember, as a kid, getting that long S/S dipper + getting a bit of that ice-cold full cream milk from the milk vats. Couldn't do that today, of course. Most all the last generation are gone, but my cousin inherited Uncle Harold's house, so there is still one family member to visit on occasion. It's a long drive anymore. Since you are in San Angelo, do you know a taxidermist named Danny Adney? I'm an old friend of his uncle + cousins.
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Norman Conquest--I do not know Danny Adney.(I'm not into having things mounted). I do my own makeshift of antlers. (I do Know Henry Dusek that is a taxidermist). I am from Wichita Falls and my wife lived in Iowa Park when we married. I know several people in Iowa Park.
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Originally posted by Norman Conquest: Carpetman, We left when I was 6, but came back frequently during the 60s as that was where the family was, plus my uncle John had the Massey-Ferguson dealership + propane dealership in WF. He also had a share in a dairy. I remember, as a kid, getting that long S/S dipper + getting a bit of that ice-cold full cream milk from the milk vats. Couldn't do that today, of course. Most all the last generation are gone, but my cousin inherited Uncle Harold's house, so there is still one family member to visit on occasion. It's a long drive anymore. Since you are in San Angelo, do you know a taxidermist named Danny Adney? I'm an old friend of his uncle + cousins.
Did he have the Massey dealership on Old Iowa Park Road?
I don't remember the road it was on, but it was the only dealership in town, so probably. He also had his propane dealership there, "John's Tractor + Gas". He had quite the collection of combines. Carpetman, my cousin that lives in Iowa Park that inherited her Dad's house (uncle Harold) is Alton + Vicki Walker. They have lived there all their life, so you or your wife might know them; it's not a huge community, as you know.
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Carpetman, I asked about Danny because when he was up here several years ago visiting relatives, I got to know him + we came to an agreement to raise quails, pheasants, etc. that he would use in his taxidermy business. He (or someone) would build those glass topped + sided classy coffee + end tables with birds in flight or various wildlife scenes. I thought it was a great idea at the time + we built many cages, built brooder cages+ bought an incubator, etc. It never really got off the ground though (sorry, pun unintended) but it was a fun learning experience on raising birds.
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