Snake

[MonsieurHulot]

What is the name of this small snake? Is it poisonous?

[cmsally]

Common bronzeback maybe?

Bronzeback

[Spiederman]

looks like a keelback mildly venemous nothing to worry bout

[Sparkles]

looks like a keelback mildly venemous nothing to worry bout

trust the cat he/she knows

[MESmith]

Bronzeback, harmless, unless you're a frog.....

Edited February 9, 2010 by MESmith

[MonsieurHulot]

Bronzeback, harmless, unless you're a frog.....

I believe Sally and you are right. It could be a painted bronzeback. Take a look.

Reason for edit: thanks.

Edited February 9, 2010 by MonsieurHulot

[MonsieurHulot]

looks like a keelback mildly venemous nothing to worry bout

Keelbacks look very different. Check here.

[heybruce]

I think it's called "cat food".

[MonsieurHulot]

I think it's called "cat food".

No, she didn't eat the snake.

[Naam]

I think it's called "cat food".

No, she didn't eat the snake.

most probably a wise decision.

[NancyL]

Don't count on the cat to know if the snake is safe. All the cat knows is that the snake is moving in a tempting fashion. I, too, believed the old myth that a cat would know if a snake is safe until I found our cats playing with a highly poisonous coral snake when we lived south of Houston. Fortunately, the coral snake, while highly poisonous, isn't aggressive and I got the cats away from the snake in time.

[MonsieurHulot]

24 hours later, the snake is still alive.

[heybruce]

Don't count on the cat to know if the snake is safe. All the cat knows is that the snake is moving in a tempting fashion. I, too, believed the old myth that a cat would know if a snake is safe until I found our cats playing with a highly poisonous coral snake when we lived south of Houston. Fortunately, the coral snake, while highly poisonous, isn't aggressive and I got the cats away from the snake in time.

I don't know if cats know about poisonous snakes, but most cats understand that anything that can bite can hurt. Many years ago when I lived in Florida I found the family cat carefully killing a coral snake while her kittens sat in a circle around the snake and watched. The mother cat would wait patiently until she could reach around behind the head of the snake and claw out a patch of skin. I got a shovel and finished the snake, which was already so injured it was unlikely to survive. A cat with good instincts can handle a small snake, and is smart enough to avoid snakes too big to handle. Although a cat who's mother never taught it how to hunt or other survival skills might have a problem with any size snake.

[Naam]

Don't count on the cat to know if the snake is safe. All the cat knows is that the snake is moving in a tempting fashion. I, too, believed the old myth that a cat would know if a snake is safe until I found our cats playing with a highly poisonous coral snake when we lived south of Houston. Fortunately, the coral snake, while highly poisonous, isn't aggressive and I got the cats away from the snake in time.

I don't know if cats know about poisonous snakes, but most cats understand that anything that can bite can hurt. Many years ago when I lived in Florida I found the family cat carefully killing a coral snake while her kittens sat in a circle around the snake and watched. The mother cat would wait patiently until she could reach around behind the head of the snake and claw out a patch of skin. I got a shovel and finished the snake, which was already so injured it was unlikely to survive. A cat with good instincts can handle a small snake, and is smart enough to avoid snakes too big to handle. Although a cat who's mother never taught it how to hunt or other survival skills might have a problem with any size snake.

having lived in Florida for 15 years i made the mistake of killing two "coral snakes". when i showed them to my american neighbour he lectured me that i killed completely harmless "scarlet snakes" which have a near identical coloured banding. his advice was (which i forgot and had to google for it)

coral snake: "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow." and scarlet snake: "Red touch black, friend of Jack."