Look what the cat dragged in (literally).

[PaganLibrarian]

Got home from work tonight, and left my front door open so I could carry groceries in. On my second trip, spotted the neighbor's cat coming out of my bedroom! I chased it out the door, then went to check on my bedroom. Look what the cat left on my bed!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/huhwhat/gs1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/huhwhat/gs2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/huhwhat/gs3.jpg

It's a twelve inch-long Ground Snake (Sonora semiannulata). It has a few tooth punctures from the cat, but seems to be ok. Who knows, though. We'll see if it's still alive tomorrow.

[Rowan Darkmoon]

Got home from work tonight, and left my front door open so I could carry groceries in. On my second trip, spotted the neighbor's cat coming out of my bedroom! I chased it out the door, then went to check on my bedroom. Look what the cat left on my bed!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/huhwhat/gs1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/huhwhat/gs2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/huhwhat/gs3.jpg

It's a twelve inch-long Ground Snake (Sonora semiannulata). It has a few tooth punctures from the cat, but seems to be ok. Who knows, though. We'll see if it's still alive tomorrow.

The neighbor's cat must really really like you. That's a fine trophy for it to be hanging over to you.

[PaganLibrarian]

Well I wish it didn't. It's an obnoxious pain in the rear!

[Rowan Darkmoon]

Well I wish it didn't. It's an obnoxious pain in the rear!

You must give it kibble, or pet it or something, because it's obvious that it's in love with you. :lol:

Or it hates you, and was planning on killing the snake on your bed to be vengeful, and then dragging it off.

[PaganLibrarian]

I try to ignore it...

[Magus]

ohh... what a cute little snake you have there, nice color, brigth orange. maybe is a message, someone is trying to tell you something, or maybe the snake is your familiar and was triying to reach you. you should meditate about that posibility.

[CzechWoods]

wow

[RavensEye]

I like the colour of it but are those type of snakes posionous?

[Jenne]

That kitty has a crush on you. :lol:

Lovely color for a snake.

[PaganLibrarian]

are those type of snakes posionous?

Yes, and no. They have a mildly toxic saliva. However, the saliva isn't capable of affecting anything bigger than a bug, and the size of it's mouth, combined with the fact that they are rear-fanged means they couldn't possibly deliver a bite to something the size of a human anyway.

[Squiddy]

What a nice present! :)

[Cindlady2]

LOL.... yes, you must be favored by the cat!
If you can but some antibiotic on the wounds asp!

[Infinite Grey]

will you keep it? Are you even allowed to keep it legally?

[PaganLibrarian]

Legally, I am allowed to keep it. It is not a protected or restricted species here. They are actually fairly common in these parts. I, however, will not keep it. I don't generally keep wild species, unless there is some medical reason why they couldn't survive in the wild (like the lizard I have who's back legs don't work very well). This guy seems fiesty this morning, so I'll turn him loose later.

[BlueEyedWolf]

Beautiful! Yep, the cat likes you. :boing:

[person of shadow]

gourgeous snake. and its lucky that the cat picked your house, someone else might have killed it.

[PaganLibrarian]

I have a patron at the library who is a vet tech. She just picked up the snake. She's going to take it to work and have it checked out. Then she'll turn it loose.

[Cindlady2]

Cool, I was a bit concerned about infection since it had been bit.

[Meadhbh]

Its such a cute snake. I miss snakes the only one we have is the blind snake.

http://www.avila.edu/hawaii/images/blind%20snake%202.JPG

That is not a snake that is a worm.

[MoonDragn]

Yum! Snake soup! mmmm Tastes like chicken!

[Anubis]

Yum! Snake soup! mmmm Tastes like chicken!
uh.. no.. actually it doesn't taste like chicken.. it does have a mild flavor... so really it would depend on the seasonings used.

[BlueEyedWolf]

:yayah: Moon Dragon you are such a bad toad!!

[Karyan]

Awwww! How sweet! :D

[PaganLibrarian]

Snake tastes more like Iguana.

[WillowsMuse]

That's kind of funny. :lol: