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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Sun Sep 20, 2015, 04:40 AM Sep 2015

When baling in a field goes terribly wrong.....

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When baling in a field goes terribly wrong..... (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Sep 2015 OP

Don't know where this is but that is truegrit44 Sep 2015 #1

yep, I baled up a few myself--mostly copperheads and black snakes here in MO lastlib Sep 2015 #7

That baling sure DID go wrong. Terribly wrong. For the snake. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #2

Freaking wow! malaise Sep 2015 #3

It does happen - with snakes and other critters csziggy Sep 2015 #4

Speculation is that's an Argentine boa and the photo is from Argentina csziggy Sep 2015 #5

Looks like he's a bit tied up... Historic NY Sep 2015 #6

Oh. My. God! riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #8

truegrit44

(332 posts)

1. Don't know where this is but that is

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Sun Sep 20, 2015, 04:58 AM

Sep 2015

one big serpent! When I lived in WY on a ranch it wasn't uncommon to bale up rattlesnakes.

lastlib

(23,250 posts)

7. yep, I baled up a few myself--mostly copperheads and black snakes here in MO

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Sun Sep 20, 2015, 11:01 AM

Sep 2015

Certainly never anything like that guy, though

PatrickforO

(14,578 posts)

2. That baling sure DID go wrong. Terribly wrong. For the snake.

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Sun Sep 20, 2015, 05:17 AM

Sep 2015

malaise

(269,062 posts)

3. Freaking wow!

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Sun Sep 20, 2015, 08:31 AM

Sep 2015

WTF is right

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

4. It does happen - with snakes and other critters

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Sun Sep 20, 2015, 08:46 AM

Sep 2015

And you can't feed that hay to horses (don't know about cattle) - the dead animal can give your hay eaters botulism.

We've found snakes, cotton rats and field mice baled in our hay. Usually they were smashed in between the "flakes" and only the contacting areas were ruined.

I just read on an equine forum that they now have botulism shots to protect horses - advisable if you're feeding round bales. I'll have to ask my vet about those!