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.
Oh, ironically, the twisty type of misters are called "Cobra Misters", after all the talk about snakes. If you go to any Ace, Walgreens, Walmart etc and ask for a Cobra Mister, that is what you will end up with. They're not horribly expensive - I think mine was under $10.
Well, they have modified the forecast to downgrade a few days from the 90's to the 80's so I'm happy for that. I've been spending hours outdoors in the morning and evenings, weeding my veggie garden. I have a ton of green tomatoes already and some peppers on the pepper plants too, so I am gratified to see that. Now if we can just get some rain this weekend I can get away with not watering for a few more days.
Last night we had to rig up livestock panels to increase the amount of grazing area the sheep have, yet again. They are eating it faster than I expected. Hopefully our fencing will get done soon so we can turn them loose without worrying about them any more.
. 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 
