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Old 02-06-2023, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by La lamy View Post
It's a long black snake, my picture didn't upload.
That's a black snake and is a property owner's best friend, in that it normally kills and eats ALL the poisonous snakes around. And it eats LOTS of mice and insects. If your cat was foolish enough to mess with the snake (not likely) the snake, also like any turtle MIGHT (?) BITE the cat on the paw, but black snakes are non-poisonous. Most likely, the snake would RAPIDLY move away from the cat - quicker than the cat could move. State Farm and Black Snakes are "like a good neighbor".
..........If we were in Naples Fl., there could be Boa Constrictors which could kill a cat and eat it.
.........It might NOT be a good idea to let a CAT out at night around TV Land because there are possibilities of alligators in ANY of the lakes. And even a very LARGE snapping turtle could take a hunk out of a Cat