I live along the foothills and sometimes rattlesnakes turn up. If they're around the house they become dead rattlesnakes.

Yesterday something awful happened. My wife has a couple of miniature horses and one got bit one the face first thing in the morning. She's probably going to survive but it looked like a horror movie and the vet hospital now owns me.

When I got back from the hospital I searched the whole area around our barn with no snakes. I was out again at dawn to see if any would come out to warm up but didn't find any.

I just wondered if some members here know much about the way they behave. Do they have a territory or just move around? Where is the best place to look to find them? Is there a best time of day to find them?

Any info would be appreciated since I don't want this to happen again.

Steve