Ratttlesnake Safety in CoCal

We just had our Rattlesnake Safety Course! What a great crowd and so many good questions! We give this course as part of the California Hunter Safety Training by Jeff Simonides. The class is held at Prospect Avenue Baptist Church, 8836 Prospect Avenue, Santee, CA 92071.

We Teach Rattlesnake Safety Courses

We will come to your Hunter Safety Class, Fishing, Camping or other Outdoor Activity Class or even your home and teach our Rattlesnake Safety Course. The course is highly participatory and is complete with live snakes and snake identification techniques.

Here is a sampling of what we teach:

Rattlesnake DO’s and DON’TS

DO’s

1. Keep your hands and feet where you can see them  (If you step on a snake, expect a defensive bite)
2. Be aware at all times when in rattlesnake territory   (A snake’s first defense is to “freeze” to avoid detection)
3. Carry a long walking stick  (Use to make sure there are not snakes in tall weeds or brush)
4. Carry a flashlight  (You never know when you may need to be out at night and snakes can be nocturnal)
5. Observe a snake from a safe distance  (Snakes can strike 1/3 – 1/2  their body length and can move while striking)
6. Wear long, loose fitting pants  (Some or all of the venom of a bite may not make it through the pants)
7. Wear thick, over-the-ankle boots (many bites occur to the ankle or foot)
8. Step on rocks or logs (snakes naturally keep to the edges of things and you may step on one if you step over)

 

DON’Ts

1. Attempt to catch, kill, or otherwise handle a rattlesnake  (Many completely avoidable bites have resulted from this and an untrained person should avoid contact with any dangerous animal)
2. Assume that a snake is not a rattlesnake if it has no rattle (Rattlesnakes have no rattle when first born and rattles can break off or be bitten off by other animals)
3. Assume that no snakes are present if the weather is not hot  (Snakes may be briefly active in every month of the year and more so in Southern California)
4. Run from a snake  (Rattlesnakes strike fast but slither much slower than a human can move and running in a panic could result in an accident such as stepping on another snake)
5. Reach into dark places or walk in tall grass  (Snakes are naturally secretive and may be present where you can’t see them)
6. Hike alone  (Too many reasons to mention)

If Bitten:

1. Get to a hospital as soon as safely possible  (antivenom is the best treatment for venomous snake bites)
2. Remain inactive and avoid any unnecessary physical activity, DO NOT RUN (slower heart rate = slower venom circulation)
3. Stay calm (less than 1% of bites are fatal and keeping calm will keep your blood pressure from spreading the venom faster)
4. Remove any restrictive jewelry or clothing (massive swelling may occur and blood flow may be cut off)
5. Watch out for shock and lie flat, elevate feet, and keep warm if signs of shock are present
6. Do not cut over the bite and attempt to suck out the poison  (this only works in the movies and can complicate the wound)
7. Do not tourniquet or constrict blood flow (restricting the venom to one area may result in the loss of a limb)
8. Do not soak the area in ice water  (this does nothing for the wound but may complicate shock or cause frostbite)
9. Do not try to catch or kill the snake for identification (it’s dangerous and unnecessary for rattlesnake antivenom treatment)

 For more information contact Nathan at info@reptile-removal.com or call (619) 905-2524

 

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Snake Removal in Southern California

Just some recent updates from the Reptile Removal Team.

Here Scott is holding an adult Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) in a pair of snake tongs

 It’s the busy season

Red Diamond Rattlesnakes (Crotalus ruber) and Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri)

Snake Removal in Southern California

90% of the snake removal calls that we receive in the San Diego area 

are Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes

 

San Diego Snake Removal

 

For all your snake removal needs, give us a call at (619) 905-2524 

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                        See our website for rates and services details.

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Why removing snakes in Southern California is necessary

The warm temperatures and varied topography that make the Southern California region so enjoyable and interesting also cause people to flock here in hoards. And these same circumstances also make it a favorable location for a great many different reptile and amphibian species. And here in my stomping grounds of the San Diego area we have an abundance of habitat that our notorious native rattlesnakes thrive in. There are 6 species of rattlesnake in Southern California: The Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri),

A Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) in San Diego County

 the Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus rubber),

2 adult Red Diamond Rattlesnakes in San Diego County

the Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii),

A Juvenile Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii) in San Diego County

 the Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus), the Sidewinder Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes)

A Sidewinder Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) spreading its ribcage to appear larger

and the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).

An Adult Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) on the road at night.

 

While the Western Diamondback, the Mojave, and the Sidewinders are primarily confined  to the desert areas of So Cal, the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake which prefers grasslands, hills, and wooded areas is extremely abundant in the highly populated areas near our large cities such as San Diego and Los Angeles. And the Red Diamond Rattlesnake is also very commonly encountered in just about any boulder strewn or rocky habitat in the region. The Speckled Rattlesnake is also a rock dweller, but its secretive habits and cryptic camouflage cause it to be encountered far less than the other species.  

While more and more people are drawn to the rural areas of coastal and inland Southern California and even the seemingly inhospitable deserts of the region are quickly becoming meccas of human activity, contact with native reptiles is inevitable. While most Rattlesnakes would much prefer to hide from large mammals like humans or to “freeze” completely motionless and rely on their camouflage than to defend themselves, the fact remains that all rattlesnakes have the ability to strike any human who ventures too close with potentially lethal consequences for the victim. Of course all Rattlesnakes are venomous and each species has its own unique cocktail of harmful proteins that constitute its venom. The hemotoxic, neurotoxic, and cytotoxic components vary from one species to the next and can even be distinct to specific populations. Yet the danger involved in coming into contact with these serpents most often results in man destroying animal, not the other way around, although I do not believe it has to be this way. Personally, I love snakes and I have a healthy respect for them and the vital role that they play in the ecosystem, but when human lives are at stake, removing a dangerous animal from a dangerous situation is often the only logical course of action.

San Diego County Rattlesnake Removal

I have devoted an uncanny and probably unhealthy portion of my life to the capture, handling, photography, field studies and observation, and captive husbandry of reptiles and amphibians so my experience with these animals qualifies me to safely remove snakes from these situations with minimal danger to myself and the animal.

A removal of a Red Diamond Rattlesnake in Southern California

 

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Email:

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Phone:

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And remember that Reptile Removal is now undertaking the removal of birds, bats, small mammals, insects, and arachnids too. We are now handling nearly all nuisance wildlife control in Southern California!

No Job too Big, No Job too Small

  Thursday, January 20, 2011

Whether you have a giant Western Diamondback Rattlesnake in your livingroom or a tiny neonate Sidewinder swimming in your pool, we will be there to take care of the situation. In many cases a frightened resident or business owner has seen a snake in a dangerous situation and then loses sight of the animal. Animal control may eventually show up and if the animal is in view they will do their best to remove it and then release it nearby. We take great care and time in searching for and locating any threat or potentially dangerous animal and then we relocate reptiles to a safe distance where it will not return. So if you saw a snake in your garage last week and you want to be completely sure if its gone, give us a call.
And if you have an escaped Cobra or Green Anaconda, please, please, please, give us a call.
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Email: info@reptile-removal.com
Phone: (619) 905-2524

Neonate Southern Pacific Rattlesnake

(Crotalus oreganus helleri)                                     

World Record Rattlesnake

Nuisance Wildlife Control and Animal Extraction

BAT REMOVAL

RACCOONS

CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRRELS

GOPHERS!

RABBITS

FOXES

 

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REPTILE REMOVAL IS EXPANDING!

Reptile Removal™  is expanding our services! Due to the amount of phone calls and emails that we are receiving of non-reptilian or amphibian situations, we have decided to remove problematic or nuisance birds, insects, arachnids, and small mammals too! It seems many people don’t even know what a reptile is! There are also many emergency situations when animal control is closed or unavailable and we receive the call. We have now responded to bird and bat calls and we have extensive experience in dealing with a wide range of other animals including many spider and scorpion species, opossums, raccoons, foxes, skunks, wildcats, rabbits, squirrels, gophers, moles, shrews, beavers, and even armadillos. Now you can call Reptile Removal for all your nuisance wildlife problems! We will continue to perform removals and relocations when possible for all animals involved. However we are not entering in to the extermination business and will not eradicate large populations of rodents or infestations of roaches, etc. and we will not be using pesticides. As always, our goal will be to ensure the safety of the people and animals involved and to minimize the probability of future encounters. So the next time you find a squirrel in your chimney or bats and opossums in the attic, just give Reptile Removal a call.  Look for an update coming to the website soon!

Thanks!

Nathan Hutcherson
Reptile Removal™ Founder
www.reptile-removal.com
(619) 905-2524

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Removal of a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake in San Diego

Here was a removal of an adult Southern Pacific Rattlesnake from beneath a cabinet in a homeowner’s kitchen near San Diego, CA. Rattlesnake removal is our specialty and in Southern California, several species of rattlesnake are quite common and are often encountered unnexpectedly.

Please see our website for full details of exactly what we do and why we do it.

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See a short video of this removal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SszzwIzxuHs

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