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Alex Gomez, 36,
was bitten on Monday by the 4-foot (1.2-meter) rattler in a
field at his family's ranch in Lake Elsinore, a community about
60 miles (100 km) southeast of Los Angeles, according to TV
station KCBS which showed a picture of the man holding the snake
around his neck.
Alex Gomez's mother, Deborah, told KCBS on Tuesday that her son
might lose his hand because of the bite wound to the extremity.
The man's hand swelled up after the bite, and he was taken to a
local hospital and treated with anti-venom, according to the
station.
"I'm shocked that he would have that thing around his neck," she
told the station. "It could've bit his neck, and that would have
been it. That's just being a fool."
She could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.
Rattlesnakes, whose bites can be fatal, are found in many parts
of California. The peak season for rattle snake bites, which
occur about 800 times a year in California, is from April to
October, state officials say.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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