Rattlesnakes

 Fred, YOU KILL ME!!!

Interesting topic here that I have been thinking about for some time.  Due to my job I can only camp for longer periods in spring and fall but when retirement comes at the end of next year I may get to camp in the pod for a longer stretch of time in the summer, a first.  Anyway I digress, we have had issues with insects like mosquitoes, black flies and the like get into our 177 during the night and after a couple miserable nights found out they were entering via the slide underneath where there is a good 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap between the rubber and the slide.  The only way I could fix this was to stick an old undershirt in that area to keep the critters out and by doing this we have been quite successful and bug free.  Yet if I don't do that it would seem like there is plenty of room for a snake to slither in, if the opportunity presented itself.  What do you all think?

Snakes are very interesting things. I been around them all my life, from living in the Mojave in AZ and CA, to fishing and running lines in the South and finally in the woods in TN. I never had an issue inside a camper. Some are aggressive and some will try and get away. Rattlesnakes are in the get away class. They will bite but usually when surprised or attacked, their sensors tell them how big you are. Moccasins are aggressive, I actually had them chase me, or torment me while fishing, and drop in boat from tree branches. Copperheads are silent and can be laying in flower beds and in rocks, get close they strike, number 1 poisonous bite in TN. Number one thing for snakes is a food source, if you run a littered camp site that brings in rodents, Jake is right behind them. Another thing is cover, if you have long grass or woods (brush) near your site, a rock wall, they have cover. One other thing - on my property I have a very large king snake, who has a thing about my garden hose, it is shocking to pick up your garden hose and find it has a partner.