Experts urge caution during rattlesnake season as several snake bites reported in NorCal Share Updated: 5:56 PM PDT Jun 29, 2021 Share Updated: 5:56 PM PDT Jun 29, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CAUTION. KAY RECEDE IS IN VALLEY SPRINGS WITH MORE. MARICELA: AT LEAST -KA- AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS BEEN BIENTT BY A RATTLESNAKE HERE AT THE RESERVOIR. LAUREN, WHO LIVES NEARBY, IS A POTENTIAL DANGER HE KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. >> THE THING TO DO IS TO AVOID THEM. >> CHRISTINE, A REGISTERED NURSE WITH THE MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER SAYS, SO FAR THIS RATTLESNAKES EASING, AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BITTEN. T>> VIPER VENOM IS REALLY PAINFUL, CAUSES A TLO OF SWELLING AND DAMAGES TO TISSUE. >> DUE TO DRIER CONDITIONS, MORE RATTLESNAKES MAY BE LURKING UNDER ROCKS AND TALL GRASSES, EVEN IN PLAYGROUNDS. SHE SAYS YOU OFTEN HEAR A RATTLESNAKE FIRST. WHEN YOU HEAR THAT TELLTALE SIGN, IT’S TIME TO GET OUT OF THERE AND KP EEYOUR DISTANCE. >> IF YOU GET BIT, COME TO THE ER RIGHT AWAY. WE HAVWHE AT YOU NEED TO GET YOU BETTER. KAY: SHE STRONGLY ADVESIS NOT TO SUCK THE VENOM OUT YOURSELF. >> THERE IS A BREAK IN THE SKIN AND YOU’RE PUTTING HER MOUTH, WHICH IS FULL OF GERMS ON IT. THAT IS ASKING FOR AN INFECTION. KAY: HE AND S GEHIRMAN SHEPHERD TREAD CAREFULLY. >> WE ARE CAREFUL. WE DON’T KETA OFF INTO THE HIGH WEEDS.