Originally Posted by Bogertophis
While it's lucky your cat wasn't bitten, but I'm not so sure your cat even did that damage? I could be wrong, but that just doesn't look like what a cat does to
prey, & believe me, I side with wildlife over cats when it comes to cats causing harm to wildlife. The injury is at the widest part of the body, & I believe that
poor snake forced his way thru a hole (maybe in screen or other abrasive material?) that was just too small for his own health. I know that a similar thing
has happened with a captive-bred snake (as reported a few years ago on a different forum) where the snake tried to force his way out of a damaged vent on
a plastic "critter cottage" & died a gruesome death as a result. Snakes don't always stop when they should, and maybe the presence of a predator had some-
thing to do with his haste? We'll never know...
Very good point. At the time I did find it odd the injury the snake had. From unfortunate past experiences with some lizards and a few geckos with the cat....I guess for lack of a better term, not the norm for her so to speak. The thing that makes me think the cat was involved was inside the house, I did find a few blood spots that were on top of a chair and a couple spots on the kitchen floor. Also she was acting weird when I got home also out of the norm for her. So I just assumed it was the cat, but you have got me thinking more about now
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