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None of my closest neighbors had seen a rattler, either. According to Wikipedia, of the 20 venomous snakes in the U.S., 16 of them are some form of rattlesnake.īut rattlers prefer rocky outcroppings, and I have never seen a rattlesnake on our sandy, post oak savannah land. The rattlesnake, for which the Southwest is famous, can certainly kill you-or at least make your life miserable for a couple of weeks. I continued looking for any kind of snake. Even though I know all of this, a sigh of relief slipped out when I didn’t see a coral snake anywhere. Plus, the way this bite was on top of my foot I knew it couldn’t be a coral snake.īut I looked around under the tomato plants looking for the bright colors anyway, just in case. But it is extremely rare in my area to get bitten-or die-from a coral snake. In fact, their mouths are generally too small to do much of anything to humans-except if they get a small toe or finger. I do see the deadly coral snakes from time to time, but they are always very small. The way to tell the difference between the two is to remember that famous rhyme, “Red next to yellow, kill a fellow red next to black, OK for Jack.” They look sort of like a corn snake, which is also occasionally in this area. The snake with the deadliest venom in my area is the coral snake, with its bright red, yellow, and black bands. You May Also Enjoy: “Use Plastic Snakes to Keep Critters Away” Using the Process of Elimination So I would be happy if it were a rat or king snake bite.ĭelighted really, when you consider the other options.
And preventing infection is easy to avoid with good wound care. If one of them bites you, the worst thing that can happen is the wound getting infected. Plus, rat and king snakes aren’t venomous. They also do valuable work eating mice and rodents in the barn, so I don’t get too upset at them being around. We have a lot of those guys, as they like to eat my chickens’ eggs. “Hopefully it was just a rat snake, or a king snake,” I thought. Be familiar with what they look like so you can identify them quickly. Ideally you should know the snakes that live in your area ahead of time. You don’t want to spend a ton of time doing this. The second rule of snakebites is to try and identify the snake.
Anyway, I figured the odds were in my favor and it helped to keep me calm. I didn’t really know those exact specifics at the moment, but I did know it was something like that. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that venomous snakes bite only 7,000 to 8,000 people in the U.S. I took a deep breath and went through the snakebite facts I knew. The first rule of snake encounters is to stay calm. You May Also Enjoy: “The Barefoot-Friendly Project: Transforming Harsh Land” Snake Bit! The three of them made a perfect equilateral triangle with about ¼” sides. I saw two neat puncture wounds in the top of my left foot and one big drop of blood. And it was definitely stronger than fire ants.īrushing aside the tangle of tomato plant branches, I knelt down. It was stronger than a spider bite for sure. Hmm, was the sting from a really big scorpion? Actually, it felt sort of like an ice pick in the top of my foot.
There are no cat’s claws vines, or any other plants with thorns, in my garden. On second thought, I realized that there was a bigger problem. Reactively jerking my foot, I felt the barb work its way in deeper. Pushing further into the nightshade jungle, I felt a cat’s claw vine hook into the top of my foot. Oh, the bragging rights! It is almost impossible to grow this big, beautiful variety in our climate. Whew, I had no idea this thing had been growing in there. My mouth started to water as I cradled the heavy beauty. A Blessing and a Curseīut wow, did I start grinning when my explorations revealed a fat, 6-inch diameter beefsteak tomato hanging in the shade.
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So I had to plunge deep into the patch to find anything. They were producing way more foliage than tomatoes. They created a forest that sprawled and climbed all over everything. These unwanted tomato plants had megalomaniacal tendencies. (If you don’t know what indeterminate tomatoes are, or you would like to see some video of the tomato patch, check out this short video: Homesteading Basics: Determinate vs. But a freeze had wiped out my initial planting of the more orderly bushes of paste tomatoes. I hadn’t wanted this jungle of indeterminate tomato plants. I was barefoot on my way to the tomato patch. 1 rule in homesteading and life is: Never put your hands or feet where you can’t see them. That’s such a great rule, and it will keep you safe on your homestead as well as throughout life in general.
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