On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 07:18:20 -0700 "Faith Hutchings" <[email protected]> writes: > Charles says "no snakes." That's one thing we know about here in > Arizona, > too. If folks here have horse barns, they keep several cats living > in and > around them. That keeps the rattlers away! > > Faith > > > I understand that early Arizonans had many cats to help get rid of the scorpions because cats weren't affected by scorpion bites. While I lived in the Phoenix area with my indoor cats, I was told this by the maintenance man. A bit reassuring since every so often I'd find one of those creepy guys in my apartment. Evelyn in Colorado > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!