SO I guess misters are that common, lol!
I have never used them , but might try that this summer.
A dead snake is easy to identify,
They only come in 2 types;
1: Headless
2: I need practice aiming
. Also I'm having problems with all my silkie roo's fighting so I had to seperate my black roo from the two white roos. But the black roo douse have two hens to keep him company You might be surprised. I keep snakes and have been bitten multiple times and could barely feel it. Mine are rat snakes, which kill by constricting, and constrictor type snakes do not have the big fangs that the poisonous ones do. I liken it to being scratched by the scratchy side of velcro. Occasionally they will draw a little blood but most times not even that. Almost any snake will try to flee and will only bite if it feels trapped. Even rattlers rattle their tail as a warning to stay away, precisely because they DON'T want to engage you in conflict.
I got mine from Ace Hardware last summer after everyone raved about them but I probably won't even pull it out this year. I didn't find it to be that great, and the birds almost never went anywhere near it. If you have enough shade, I think they get more benefit from being in the shade than being under a mister. Don't shoot me everyone - I know a lot of you have had good success with them - but I just found them to be a big water waster. The spigot I attach it to leaks a little water any time its on, so to leave the mister running hours each day meant I was wasting a lot more water than what was coming out the mister. If the birds had all been standing near the mister I would have said it was worth it but since they only rarely got close enough to get the benefit (and that was usually on the way somewhere else), it didn't seem worth it to me.
A dead snake is a good snake and any snake I come in contact with, becomes a good snake; reguardless of species!SO I guess misters are that common, lol!
I have never used them , but might try that this summer.
A dead snake is easy to identify,
They only come in 2 types;
1: Headless
2: I need practice aiming
Oh no, no no! I didn't mean they try to constrict ME - they are way too small for that. What constrictors do, is grab and bite, but then wrap around the victim to suffocate it. By holding on with their mouth they retain control and can also determine when the animal has quit fighting. When I've been bitten it is always a feeding error on their part. They have an organ called a Jacobsen's organ and it is how they detect prey - the air moving over it can help them not only smell, but also "see" an image of what the animal looks like - how big it is, where it is etc - even when it is not within sight of their eyes. It is actually a very cool function. Anyway, sometimes if my snakes are really hungry, I will open the enclosure holding a rat for them, and they strike at the rat but in their haste, get me instead. They will latch on (like I said, feels like being scratched with velcro) and wrap around my hand, but in a very short time they realize they made a mistake and uncoil. I set them back in, offer the food again, and this time they take a little more care grabbing the right food item. Its really not a big deal.
I thought about them - but could so see my GPs dragging them all over the place..
