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Annette and 10 Mountain Horses, one still on the way (The mare says is that
foal ever going to come?!)
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> From: MBlanchrd@aol.com
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Snakes
> Date: Thursday, May 01, 1997 6:20 AM
>
> After reading the post about horses being able to discern venomous snakes
> from non-venomous snakes...
>
> I do a lot of "brush busting"...on foot, by the way, meaning I find
myself
> going through thickets and underbrush that later I wonder whatever
possessed
> me to even attempt (this is part of my hobby of birding, which is just
> another flavor of insanity).
>
> I see a lot of snakes in there, especially now, that it's summer
again. I
> have found that the venomous snakes smell.. sometimes they stink.
Rattlers
> smell as if the have been sitting in the porta potty all night, and
> copperheads smell rather citrusy, kinda lemony. Non venomous snakes don't
> seem to have much scent at all, though garter snakes smell musty,
especially
> when they are frightened.
>
> Less you think that I am going around sticking my nose on snakes, I am
> not..when I am out in the woods I am conscious of where I step. On a good
day
> their scent is pungeant enough for me to pick up. Animals have a far
better
> sense of smell than we humans do.
>
> Please, you snake experts out there, don't flame me or tell me I
haven't a
> clue what I am talking about. I can smell them, and if you can't, well,
> that's the difference between you and me.
>
> Finally, even if it's a venomous snake, please don't kill it, unless
it
> bites you. Snakes have a noble purpose..they kill rodents, which are far
more
> dangerous to us and horses with the diseases and fleas they carry (hanta
> virus, plague, etc) never mind the damage they do to our feed. I would
rather
> have a snake in my barn then rats and mice.
>
> Michelle
>
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