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[cheriere]

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@goldensrbest wrote:

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@Jk9 wrote:

Predators hunt and eat, that's how it is.  Living out in the country we have adjusted.  

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But coyotes kill cats,and dogs, maany cats go missing here.

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That's always on my mind too when taking Ruby out at night and before sunrise.  I always try and make sure she's on the leash, although she has slipped out quickly a few times.  There's a lot of coyotes here too.

[deeva]

I've gone out on my morning walk and have seen severed rabbit legs and parts of rattlesnakes.  Coyotes and bobcats are frequent sightings in my Arizona neighborhood. 

[colliemom4]

When I lived near the hills I used to see wildcat and coyote eyes glowing when it was still dark and I was leaving for work.

[Meowingkitty]

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@deeva wrote:

I've gone out on my morning walk and have seen severed rabbit legs and parts of rattlesnakes.  Coyotes and bobcats are frequent sightings in my Arizona neighborhood. 

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In my Arizona neighborhood we see raccoons, coyotes and roadrunners. We have a gang of 6 raccoons who regularly visit looking for kitty food and water. 

[U of M Go Blue]

@Pezzie Rattlesnake in your yard!!! I would never leave my house! In fact, I will stay in MI where the biggest issue is snow!!

[SportyShorty07]

@cheriere  Wow! I didn't know that snakes could lay eggs!  

[SportyShorty07]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

ICK.  I was helping a friend work in her yard years ago, we left for a quick lunch, came back and there was a bird with it's head off in one of the outdoor lamps....freaked us out!

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@Mom2Dogs  Wow! I would've screamed .  Did another bird attack the bird? 

[ECBG]

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@cheriere wrote:

@Pezzie 

Yuck!  I hate for anything to die, but in the case of a rattlesnake I'd be glad.  
Last summer, we had a similar situation except it turned out to be a large black snake.  I noticed it in the front yard under a tree.  This is gross too, but it had actually laid an egg.  I didn't even know they laid eggs.

I took a few pictures too.

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@cheriere 

Black snakes keep rodents and poisonous snakes away.

[colliemom4]

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@SportyShorty07 wrote:

@cheriere  Wow! I didn't know that snakes could lay eggs!  

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@SportyShorty07  Most of them do. When my daughter took horseback riding lessons there were sometimes rattlesnakes in the field near the horses. I used to run across it to pick her up lol. I don't like any snakes but IMO most rattlesnakes are so ugly.

[SportyShorty07]

@colliemom4 Wow- snakes are everywhere! Were the horses afraid of the rattlesnakes? Rattle snakes are ugly and scary- I've never seen one in person, but the youtube videos are enough to creep me out .  That's really cool that your daughter took horseback riding lessons- did she wear the equestrian boots and the blazers that people wear in the movies?