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tinysailboat
06-17-2013, 17:51
works to keep mice out of my tractors, would one next to head, or hanging out of my backpack be a deterrent. One had babies in the pack next to mine last trip.
Babysteps
Leanthree
06-17-2013, 18:53
Knowing the shelter mice, they would just eat a hole in the snake.
Hiker friend of mine said--yeah right---wait until the owner of the rubber snake goes to sleep then smear his snake with peanut butter!! If their are mice there they will eat the snake and leave your pack alone!! lol
Wise Old Owl
06-17-2013, 20:52
now I have seen every question....
lucky luke
06-18-2013, 07:52
now I have seen every question....not a single questionmark in the whole thread....:confused: ... Originalbild kann mit ‘Shift+R’ nachgeladen werden.did i miss something?happy trails lucky luke
Slo-go'en
06-18-2013, 09:41
Drier sheets are suppost to keep mice away, they don't like some thing about the way the sheets smell. One in the pack and a couple around the shelter might work.
I spread some around my cottage before I went hiking this spring and they seemed to work to keep the mice out of my place. Last time I left for 6 weeks in the spring I had a heck of time evicting all the mice which moved in while I was away.
I know a taxidermist who takes a stuffed cat with him when he sleeps in the shelters and he swears by it.
Carry a Rat Snake. Keep it close to your warm body while hiking this will speed up digestion and keep it feeding at night while you sleep. About a 4 footer should do the trick. It might even help clear room in a crowded shelter.
While in college my roomate had a large boa constrictor snake in his room and would feed it mice a couple of times of week. The coeds would swarm the room and squeal and squeal!!! lol
That ole snake was very---very good for him!
shakey_snake
06-19-2013, 09:36
works to keep mice out of my tractors,
You know, farmers are generally considered something of a superstitious bunch. ;)
If there are mice in the shelter, you can bet there are snakes as well.
Slo-go'en
06-19-2013, 11:50
Late one afternoon in PA my hiking partner at the time and I were thinking of calling it a day when we got to a shelter. While we were debating to stay or push on, a big old rattle snake came out of the woods and slithered under the foundation logs of the shelter. We looked at each other and quickly decided that while there probably weren't any mice left under the shelter, sleeping over a rattle snake den might not be the best idea so we push on.
----its just a snake! lol
Slo-go'en
06-19-2013, 17:46
----its just a snake! lol
But it was a REALLY BIG snake!
Rattlesnake doesn't have to be big to be scary. It just has to be a....rattlesnake.
Swordpen
06-23-2013, 22:40
If there are mice in the shelter, you can bet there are snakes as well.
+1, yep. Snakes also love: bunnies, chipmucks, etc.
TIDE-HSV
06-24-2013, 01:18
not a single questionmark in the whole thread....:confused: ... Originalbild kann mit ‘Shift+R’ nachgeladen werden.did i miss something?happy trails lucky lukeIch möchte nicht das Bild zu sehen...
Pedaling Fool
06-25-2013, 14:44
Why use a rubber snake? It's not like snakes are to be feared, right....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/dieter-zorn-dies-snake-bite_n_3478968.html
Dieter Zorn, Snake Expert, Dies After Viper Bite During Presentation On Overcoming A Fear Of Snakes
A German snake expert died after being bitten multiple times by a viper during a presentation aimed at helping people ease their fears of the scaly reptiles.
Dieter Zorn, a 53-year-old herpetologist, died Tuesday evening of a heart attack minutes after he was bitten by an Aspic viper (http://www.thelocal.de/national/20130620-50419.html), according to Germany's English-language newspaper The Local. Zorn was in southern France performing his "Reptile Show," which teaches people how to overcome their fears of snakes, when he was bitten several times.
His co-host, Uschi Kallus, told The Local that Zorn died from an "extremely rare allergic reaction" to the bite, even though emergency personnel administered a blood thinner. She said he wouldn't have wanted the snake to be blamed for his death and added that the incident was "exceptionally uncommon."
Zorn's show encourages attendees to handle the reptiles (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article3796612.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_06_20) so as to get past "unfounded" fears. France's Midi Libre newspaper reported "the audience, filled with curious people, almost saw him die (http://www.midilibre.fr/2013/06/18/herault-il-meurt-mordu-par-sa-vipere-en-plein-spectacle,718957.php)" on stage, according to a Huffington Post translation.
Vipers are venemous snakes (http://animal.discovery.com/snakes/viper-info.htm), Animal Planet notes. Snake venom is meant to kill prey, with the poison working to damage an animal's nerves, heart, breathing, blood vessels and body tissues. The Aspic viper (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1383928/European-aspic-viper) is a snake native to France, Switzerland, Spain and Italy. It can grow up to 20 inches in length and live in a variety of habitats.