This message is from: Rhonda Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rattlers.... R.Taylor, Straw Hat Stables Yes, cats do get bitten - and die. While living in New Mexico, several of my friends lost cats to rattlers. Usually the rattler was in the wood pile or wood shed, cat climbed up above on the wood and tried to pounce down - missed; snake didn't miss. My Fjord mare, Winnie, is "concerned" about anything that looks like a snake - she's never been bitten, but on a trail ride, if she sees a "snake" or "might be a snake" in the underbrush, she does a half-step jump to the side, and comes to a dead halt until it either slithers off, or she's convinced it is something that can't slither. I have had to turn her around and let another horse pass us then have her follow to convince her it was something non-snakey. The only time anyone has been thrown from her back is on that sidewise crow hop, and she's tossed 3 of us that way (I only got tossed from bareback). New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!
