Kingman Arizona critters?

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I could not have said it any better. Really don't need that type of folks here in Kingman. Give us a bad rep.


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James
They say "Location! Location! Location!" with respect to real estate, but I believe that this saying also applies when talking about critters. The apartment complex which your mother is considering is located on the edge of town, and the chances of occasionally running into a snake or a spider would be greater than if she were more centrally located. However, I think that her friends were pulling her leg or maybe were even a little deranged with the tales they told.

We moved into a similarly "wild" area on the other side of town and I have no doubt that these new homes displaced the wildlife that existed there. For nearly a year the coyotes made a terrible racket at night, and one of our neighbors had 2 rattlesnakes in her yard. We found just one snake, which was difficult to identify because it was not full grown, but it appeared to be a non-poisonous grass snake. We also caught 2 wolf spiders inside our home, and one very interesting giant, hairy scorpion in the garage. All of these critters were returned unharmed to the desert.

Once things settled down our only concern was controlling the large, outdoor roaches. Pretty harmless but you wouldn't want to step on one while barefoot. Since your mother would most likely be living in a ground floor unit, a can of bug spray would be beneficial, especially for her peace of mind.

If your mother has travelled to Kingman 300 times, or about 3 1/2 times per month, she may not move well but obviously moves often. So, she may just be familiar with other buildings that are more centrally located - and not up against a mountain- and perhaps she could look into some of these. As for the shopping areas, I think that the only chance she has of seeing a snake or tarantula would be at Petco.

Originally Posted by kdog

Just stop it. You can't assure anybody of anything, because you know nothing of Kingman. You're speculating and you're wrong.

If someone has to comb every single inch of every street in Kingman at night to find a rattler, then you've proven my point. No one is saying it never happens, much like no one is saying nobody ever gets struck by lightning. But most people will live their whole lives in Kingman and never see a rattler in the road. It certainly doesn't happen with any regularity. Neither do rattler bites. Go ahead and show us the reports if you claim otherwise. Should be easy for you to dig up, seeing as it's practically epidemic as you make it out to be.

If you really knew anything about "road cruising for rattlers", then you would know that's done far out into the country outside of city limits. No one cruises for rattlers in the city, because there aren't any. The desert area around Kingman is particularly rocky and those rocks will be just as warm as asphalt is, but they'll also provide crevices for shelter for protection. Rattlers are very shy. They sure as hell don't hang out in populated areas, as any real herpetologist will tell you. The thought of rattlers coming into town to curl up on open roads in the city is laughable. Maybe that will happen in Phoenix because they've decimated most of the desert with urban sprawl. But the city of Kingman is tiny and completely surrounded by open desert. There is practically nothing in the way of encroachment when you compare it to the sprawling urban megalopolis of Phoenix.

So just knock it off already. You're speculating, you're wrong, and out of line.