Venom is not toxic unless you inject it into the veins. You can drink rattlesnake venom and it would not hurt you because, as a protein, it is quickly denatured by stomach acid. Throwing away the tent was unecessary; you could have just wiped the venom off.

Additionally, it is highly unlikely that a rattler would repeatedly strike at a tent unless there was someone inside of it harassing the snake through the fabric.
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- Natalie
(San Francisco Bay Area)

1.0 Banded California King
1.0 Mexican Black King
1.0 Goini Kingsnake
1.0 Bay of LA Rosy Boa
0.1 San Ignacio Rosy Boa
0.1 Ortiz Rosy Boa
2.3 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1 Saharan Sand Boa
1.2 Rubber Boas
0.1 Pickering's Gartersnake

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