EEK!! Look what the cat drug in..(warning...snake!)

14 years ago

Precious the puddy cat thought she was being so keen...bringing in her latest kill...I almost STEPPED on this thing...EEEK...it was dead...(thank you lord) but I'm still skeered of these things...I had a box in hand to scoop it up and my son came in...picked it up by its tail and threw it outside...Precious the cat was most preturbed...

this isn't a very good pic...i snapped it with my phone before the DS got downstairs...

This is the second time she's done this...she's a real hunter...snakes...bats...ghekkos...

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adellabedella_usa
14 years ago
I hope it wasn't poisonous. You're extra 'lucky'. I don't think I've ever seen a snake in early February. It's too cold for that here.
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liz
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14 years ago
My son says it was a copperhead...but I don't know...we have lots of those here...their here year round and i use EXTREME caution when bringing in wood from the pile for our fireplace...I know snakes are venomous to dogs and snake babies give you all their venom...so obviously she's not gotten bitten yet...or maybe she's just too quick or has too much hair...

this is the last one she brought in last summer...i used the camera before I carried him out in a box...this picture shows him about actual size..he was maybe 6 or 7 inches long

needless to say I always wear shoes when in our yard and if I'm doing any kind of yard work i'm in heavy duty work boots...I got bit by some kind of snake several years ago...right on my inside ankle...it hurt like the dickens...and believe you me...I've worn heavy duty boots when working in the yard ever since...

this is the little hunter...all 9 pounds of her...LOL
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gardenspice
14 years ago
You have the most gorgeous pets- that kitty is a real beauty. I guess those slithery things are out but moving slowly, so keep your shoes on!
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donna_oh
14 years ago
Your kitty sure is a beauty, but those snakes gotta go! Ewww

Donna (^_^)
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kacram
14 years ago
LOL the first picture looks like an earthworm! lol

glad we dont' have many snakes here!
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caroline94535
14 years ago
She is "a mighty hunter before the Lord!" LOL Give Precious a big hug from me.

We had a female cat when I was young. Living in northern Arkansas copperheads were a very real and dangerous presence.

"Samantha" would hunt, kill, and bring them to the kitchen door. Grandma always insisted on having a "good mother cat" around for snake control. Even though Sam was "fixed," the instinct to protect her property was strong.
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hgl_gaylemarie
14 years ago
OMG! Maybe my outdoor kitty kat will just have to stay a outdoor kitty kat. Yikes! We have Copperheads here too. I don't rake leaves until March and that is when they usually come out. They love to warm up under leaves.
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liz
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14 years ago
You shoulda seen her the night she brought the bat in...It wasn't EVEN dead...she jumped about as high as the ceiling fan blades trying to catch it...I threw a blanket over my head and propped the door open and turned off all the lights so the bat would make it's way out the door...ANOTHER EEK!!! She makes for some pretty heart thumpin moments for me around here!!

Thanks spicey...she's a keeper...my son's friend gave her to us...she's a mutt but a real beauty and I just love her to pieces...Her mother was a long haired brown tabby type...who knows what the father was...

Caroline I'll include your hug on her nightly massaging tonight...i spoiled her by putting her in my lap when she was a baby and now every night it's a ritual!! (Oh but I wish I could be a cat for a couple of weeks and get some free massages...I have to pay for mine...LOL!)

Kat...I grew up on a farm...believe me I know the difference between an earthworm and a snake...but I'll include earthworms in the package...their just as slimy!!
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lilliepad
14 years ago
I don't think that is a copperhead.Copperheads have a definite pattern.Scarry none the less!
Could it have been the snake below?

Here is a link that might be useful: Could it be this snake?
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FlamingO in AR
14 years ago
I don't think it was a copperhead, either, the head wasn't triangular enough. It looks like a little brown snake, we find them here all the time, about the size of a good nightcrawler.

Ah, cats. Ours bring us way too many presents, too, Liz. We had a chipmunk in our bedroom a few years ago! And a flying squirrel in my closet, they bite! And 2 bats, that was exciting. Not to mention all the run of the mill stuff.....
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joyfulguy
14 years ago
That's interesting ...

... a mother cat, " ... who knows who the father was".

Some cats're smarter'n others, I guess.

What's all this fuss about a snake or two - another one of God's creatures.

ole joyful
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mariend
14 years ago
In CA our cat brought us 2 snakes before we learned to keep the patio door shut while we were at work. One was a green grass snake, and the other a gopher snake. I did not want the third to be a rattlesnake. When she came to the patio door BEFORE I let her in, I would see if she had feet and tails in her mouth. Loved those lizards.
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trishaw
14 years ago
Oh ick. I just hate snakes. I really should not have opened this thread. I was warned! I tried to scroll really really fast, lol.

My Siamese loves to catch snakes. We get baby ones in our garage. Copperheads mostly. She always catches them.

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sylviatexas1
14 years ago
I'm thinking the same thing, flamingo;
those are harmless garden snakes.
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liz
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14 years ago
I'm really glad I posted this...cause it puts my mind at ease a bit to know it's not poisonous...just creepy, slimy..LOL

She uses the doggie door..and when we're here it's always open so I can't stop her at the door...

Trishaw...I've actually gotten to the point where I can look at a picture and scoop it up in a box if I have too...but I'd really rather not have too...LOL
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nodakgal
14 years ago
YUCKADOODLE!!!!

For such a little beauty she is sure a stinker! LOL
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liz
Original Author
14 years ago
aren't they all just little stinkers...LOL? when she really wants my attention...she's been known to crawl right on top of the laptop and just look at me..she's usually not far away...right now she's in Dad's recliner and that's only cause she sits there to keep a dog out of it...LOL

I keep threatening to take a magic marker to her little milk mustache when she's bad...but that would be most of the time...LOL
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jannie
14 years ago
My cat catches spiders in the house. I've seen her hop around when one gets one, then she "plays" with it a bit, and-finally-she eats it.
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orie
14 years ago
ok... looks like an earthworm to me. I've got a worm compost in the class so I recognize it. Sure it was a snake??
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vicki_lv
14 years ago
Nice gift! LOL I would have died!
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lindyluwho
14 years ago
WOW. That was a ginormous copper headed water rattler!!

Linda
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golddust
14 years ago
I grew up in the country and our Tom cat would bring snakes inside all the time. I remember the rattle snake very well. My mom calmly grabbed the shovel and scooped it outside where she proceeded to chop his head off with the sharp blade of the shovel.

I really wish I could be half as calm as she was around snakes. I loathe them.
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Marilyn Sue McClintock
14 years ago
Pretty kitty Liz. The story of the bat reminds me when we had the antiques mall in the school building, it was not unusual to be standing behind the register waiting on a customer in the evening and to see a bat swoop down from the up stairs and the customers would never notice. The bats were bad too about setting off the alarm at night and we would have to drive all the way into town and check things out. The police would always give us a call and go there. They were nice about it. Anyway glad the snake didn't bite anyone.

Sue
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