Rescue of another kind...

[zina10]

Rescued this little fellow today !

Went to the barn today and saw one of the cats carrying around something that was squirming around. Knowing that all the cats there are beyond well fed, I hate to see them mess with wildlife. Most of the time those dang cats will kill stuff and then leave it.

Upon getting closer I see that its a slender snake, so I run after the cat who was not very happy getting interrupted. Finally the cat drops the snake and before he can grab it again I reach them both and run the cat off. I swear that cat would have loved to scratch my eyes out, LOL.

The little snake is a rough green snake, from the looks of it, an adult. It was quite long, but very slender. It looked a bit shell shocked, but I couldn't see any obvious damage. Not wanting to stress it even more by grabbing it again (they are very calm gentle snakes, though) I picked it up with a stick and let it slither onto it.

After a couple quick pics, I set it down with the stick in some brush, near water and trees.

Here is the little lucky fellow, I have to say, it was a GORGEOUS snake !!


Excuse the crappy cell phone pics








and, back to freedom...





Only hope he didn't have any internal damage. Once he felt safe again he slithered away pretty quickly.