El chupacabra is back and bit me (Graphic pic)

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

Just FYI: when i go collecting eggs and it's even close to dusk, I always take a flashlight. Got this fear of snakes and such. Might help if it happens again.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Ok you got it, no use waiting 'till the last minute.

All is well this morning but I did wake up in the closet hanging up side down by the tail I never had before, could that be a sign?

That is usually what I look/listen for is the snakes, I found a nice size rattlesnake in a nest box last year.

Steve

 

[The Chicken People]

For $4.88 at Walmart they sell head lamps and thats what we use when its dark and to see in the nest boxes! Leaves your hands free for feed/ water/ egg collection! Or pulling the trigger!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

The last time I stuck my hand into a nest box that was too dark to see into a four and a half foot yellow rat snake wrapped around my wrist after I'd grabbed him around his middle instead of the hen fruit that he'd just swallowed.

Now I'm not afraid of snakes, particularly non-venomous ones, but as I was expecting an egg and not a large snake he did cause me to quickly stand upright as I snatched my hand back. Did I mention the low overhead? Dang near stove in the back of my skull on the 2x4 rafter.

Folks who don't know me ask "why do you always wear that Mini-Mag flashlight on your belt?"

My answer: "Because it's hard to see in the dark!"

 

[ChooksChick]

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Yeah, that's one round of shots I'll never forget- Like Maple syrup going in, and feels exactly as bad as you'd guess. The male nurse administering mine stood there grunting while pushing in the plunger, because it was so thick and didn't want to go in...good times.

Don't recommend it if you can avoid it. Try not to get bitten by rabid animals.

 

[aprophet]

http://environment.unl.edu/web/acreage/Opossum


http://icwdm.org/handbook/mammals/Opossums.asp

 

[Stacykins]

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Ma'am, your description could not be more spot on. Cold maple syrup in a syringe. I just bit my knuckle on the hand the bat hadn't nabbed be on and took the hit. The nurse giving it to me cried a little bit (she was fresh out of nursing school and a terrified!) but I remained cool on the outside; however, inside my head I was going #*@#*^%&*^$)*($@%&*#*()&

 

[obaan1]

You deserve to raise the price of your eggs. Hazardous duty.

 

[dinahmoe]

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[teddiliza]

Ok, now I am really worried about what didn't happen to me all last year when I'd collect the eggs after dark. Go to the doctor and get yourself started on some horse sized pills called Augmentin! Skip the amoxicillin- it doesn't cover many of the nasty things animal bites can have. Possum got what it deserved! Good thing you got it before it started eating your chickens!