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   Author in Mourning (jnye@mstdn.plus)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 16:38:12 JST Author in Mourning

   • Deserthorse

   🐍 So, it's not my photo, not my fence, not my dog, but it IS an excellent, one-shot illustration of why I'm turning myself inside out to come up with the cash for a snake fence. 😳🤦♀️

   Pic courtesy of my neighbor, @FarhanaMTS

   #Arizona #rattlesnake #GermanShepherd

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 16:38:11 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     • Deserthorse

     @jnye @FarhanaMTS

     Uh, looks 😨.

     How would such a fence with big holes prevent a thin snake from getting through? Electric?

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 23:17:40 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     • Deserthorse

     @jnye
     Ah, yes. Didn't see it. Thanks.
     Glad I don't have poisonous snakes around here.

     Huh, probably expensive then.

     @FarhanaMTS

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     Author in Mourning (jnye@mstdn.plus)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 23:17:42 JST Author in Mourning

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     • Deserthorse

     @HistoPol @FarhanaMTS
     It's hard to see in the pic, but there are two layers to the fence--the regular heavy wire on the inside for the dogs, then an exterior layer of 1/4" hardware cloth. It's very thin, close-weaved wire that will prevent even baby snakes from getting through.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 23:20:58 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @jnye
     Good luck.
     @FarhanaMTS

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     Author in Mourning (jnye@mstdn.plus)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 23:20:59 JST Author in Mourning

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     • Deserthorse

     @HistoPol @FarhanaMTS Depends on one's definition of expensive, I guess. But my dog yard is pretty big, and enough of that wire to go all the way around it isn't in my budget any time soon. First I have to have a residence that's much closer to finished. Speaking of which...it's Saturday, so I'm off to The Project Races.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 23:26:00 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @jnye

     How about this definition of expensive:
     it cannot be bought with one's monthly income w/o credit and / or w/o making sacrifices?

     @FarhanaMTS

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     Deserthorse (farhanamts@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 01:31:40 JST Deserthorse

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     @HistoPol @jnye That's what the 1/4" hardware cloth is for. I also had to make a second gate lined with cloth, making sure there aren't any gaps anywhere around it larger than about 1/4 inch, and it is buried into the ground about 6 inches. There is a Phoenix-based business (they do rattlesnake removals and snake fence installation) that posts a lot of YouTube videos, one of them explains the requirements of a truly snake proof fence.

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     Deserthorse (farhanamts@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 01:35:01 JST Deserthorse

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     @HistoPol @jnye
     They showed why 1/2" hardware cloth isn't enough - even though a lot of people install it instead of the smaller mesh... they used a baby rattler, about 2 weeks old, to show how easily they squeeze through a half-inch hole.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 04:31:01 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @FarhanaMTS

     Scary. I'm so greatful that I can only see them at the zoo...behind security windows. :)

     @jnye