Mop - 2, Rattlesnakes-0!

It happened again!

Two days after we had the first rattlesnake on our land, another one came to our door steps. Literally!

We were going out for the night and when I opened the door, right at the bottom of the steps was another rattlesnake. He was stretched out almost straight facing away from the door.

"We've got company!", I called out into the house.

"What?" The very fact that she didn't even try to guess tells you something about the possibilities. Free range cattle, coyotes, peccary, scorpion, Mormons.....

Worse than Mormons: a rattlesnake.


(I realize some might not be convinced of that point, though.)

The mop was again the first weapon of choice but with a couple misses by the Mrs., it just ended up get this snake really, really pissed off. The snake took to the offensive and came towards us. We retreated back into the house to regroup.

She was riding an adrenaline wave and in no mood for processing my suggestions. We peaked outside and he was coiled up next to the steps ready to strike. So, in another act of innovation she dropped a tool box on it. It did the trick to at least stun it long enough for her to finish it off with the mop again. This time, though, plastic pieces of the mop flew off here and there.

It's so hard to find a good mop that will withstand the killing of rattlesnakes these days. Heck, my grandmother used to tell me about her old sturdy mops when they would be down in the bayou with alligators and....

Long story and little shorter, with #2 dead she scooped into a big bucket to be dealt with later.

Oh, then we went to the opening night of the traveling production of Annie!

It's a hard-knock life. Especially for snakes.