MonsieurHulot Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 What is the name of this small snake? Is it poisonous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Common bronzeback maybe? Bronzeback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiederman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 looks like a keelback mildly venemous nothing to worry bout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 looks like a keelback mildly venemous nothing to worry bout trust the cat he/she knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) Bronzeback, harmless, unless you're a frog..... Edited February 9, 2010 by MESmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHulot Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHulot Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 looks like a keelback mildly venemous nothing to worry bout Keelbacks look very different. Check here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I think it's called "cat food". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHulot Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 I think it's called "cat food". No, she didn't eat the snake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I think it's called "cat food". No, she didn't eat the snake. most probably a wise decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHulot Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 24 hours later, the snake is still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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