Yet another python story...

I will admit I am not very fond of cats, mostly because I am allergic to them. But if I owned any animal that I was not able to secure and it some how was killed, then I would not try to blame others and prevent them from owning an animal that was within the confines of their property. If the snake had come onto their property and killed the cat then yes it is the snake owners fault. As stated in another post if the cat had gone into the yard and been killed by a dog would the cat owner be complaining? If the cat runs out into the street and gets hit by a car does the cat owner then go and try to pass laws to prevent people from driving down his street?

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

Apparently none of you have ever owned a cat before. Very few people keep their cat's indoors all the time. And I tell you, it's hard to do. Trying to keep 2siamese inside is a hard task. There are also no laws for keepign cat's inside or leashed. Try leashing a cat. Can't be done.

If I undertand the article correctly, the snake was just allowed to roam the backyard? If that was the case, then it's the nsake owners fault for not properly housing the snake.

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I own three cats and they are all properly housed away from my neighbors. Just because its a cat does not give it the right to free roam. because when something kills it all the owners want to wine because they couldnt keep there animal up

its interesting how this has turned into a cat vs. python post. I have 2 cats..well 4 if you count ones at home with my parents. My cats at home are out door cats, but we live in a small town and the closest neighbors are across the street , with no one on either side for about half a mile.

My cats here, are both indoor cats because we're too close to too many streets and I'd be afraid of the cats getting run over. I love both cats and snakes- the cat's owners trying to get a law passed about pythons is kinda stupid, I agree, but also blaming them for not leashing their cat is also kinda silly. Its a tragic accidents, but also not really news worthy I don't think. Cats get killed by many things every day, snakes are only a small part of it..I had a cat dissapear a few years back, but im not blaming the fisher,coyote, bird or what not. I was upset at my loss ( he was my fav) but that's life


just my 2cents

y was the snake outside a cat has the right to be outside a 13 ft burmese python not some much who is the cat going to harm

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

Apparently none of you have ever owned a cat before. Very few people keep their cat's indoors all the time. And I tell you, it's hard to do. Trying to keep 2siamese inside is a hard task. There are also no laws for keepign cat's inside or leashed. Try leashing a cat. Can't be done.

If I undertand the article correctly, the snake was just allowed to roam the backyard? If that was the case, then it's the nsake owners fault for not properly housing the snake.

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There are plenty of communities that have laws requiring a cat to be leashed or restrained in some manner if outside. I don't know what the laws in this community are. I doubt if the snake owner was in violation of any law if the snake was on his property, at least if this occurred within a fenced yard. As someone pointed out if this was a dog rather than a snake it wouldn't even be news. Cats and dogs that are allowed to roam free off of your property often meet an early demise. If you let your cat roam free you have to be ready to accept that It could be shot, hit by a car,poisoned, killed by an animal or any number of things. If you can't handle that you should keep it inside.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

Apparently none of you have ever owned a cat before. Very few people keep their cat's indoors all the time. And I tell you, it's hard to do. Trying to keep 2siamese inside is a hard task. There are also no laws for keepign cat's inside or leashed. Try leashing a cat. Can't be done.

If I undertand the article correctly, the snake was just allowed to roam the backyard? If that was the case, then it's the nsake owners fault for not properly housing the snake.

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Thats actually very false. When our cat was around she was leash trained and didn't leave the yard. She wouldnt even walk outside of the gate or off of the front porch.

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Originally Posted by DarkComeSoon

y was the snake outside a cat has the right to be outside a 13 ft burmese python not some much who is the cat going to harm

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Who says that the snake doesn't have as much a right to be outside as the cat? IMO its the other way around. A wild animal[burm] should be outside while a domesticated animal[cat] should be inside.

In the end, I think the cat shouldn't have been in the yard & the burm REALLY shouldn't have been left unsupervised.

the burmese is in captivity and it is 13 feet long it should not be allowed to free roam while a cat theres millions of cats on street no one gives a damn cause its not like they can coil around u kill u

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Originally Posted by DarkComeSoon

the burmese is in captivity and it is 13 feet long it should not be allowed to free roam while a cat theres millions of cats on street no one gives a damn cause its not like they can coil around u kill u

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Bottom line is that the cat went someplace it wasn't supposed to have gone and won't be coming back. I see nothing wrong with that. IMO the cat owners have no right to complain because their cat was on someone else's property.

However the snake should hot have been out there either. It all sounds a little too convenient to me. Pesky neighbors cat comes too my yard all the time. Maybe does something destructive like sprays my house, digs in my flowerbeds, kills birds in my yard. Let my 13 foot burm out when the cat is around and watch the cat "disappear".

Unfortunately there are better ways of ridding yourself of the neighbor's pesky kitty.

Cats do not have a right to roam on property that is not owned by their owners, period. Thats how people lose them to traffic and obviousley to predators ( dogs snakes whatever) . Letting cats roam also destroys wildlife populations ( If you have a cat that stays on your property and eats mice thats ok by me, getting rid of a pest.) and othere pets such as chickens . Back when I was younger and lived on a farm we always had problomes with chicken killing cats.

When it comes down to it people are just pregidise ( or however you spell that word lol) towards reps. To leave a large snake like that unattended is bad yes but who knows, maybe the owner had to go get the phone or leave the snake alone for whatever reason for just afew moments. Even the cats owners said it was quick.

I own a ball and a cat, and love them both dearly.

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Originally Posted by DarkComeSoon

the burmese is in captivity and it is 13 feet long it should not be allowed to free roam while a cat theres millions of cats on street no one gives a damn cause its not like they can coil around u kill u

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Demesticated cats are practically the number one invase animal to any food chain. I give a hell of a damn.