We arrived home from the baseball game to find a small snake in the house. It's likely that our cats Baxter and Sophie, feeling neglected over the past year, may have come up with a diabolical scheme to have the serpent assassinate the baby. Baxter brings us all sorts of fun dead things and parts of dead things throughout the year, but this was the first live snake. The animal was unharmed and removed without incident.
We also apparently have lots of ants in the house today. Maybe the snakes will eat the ants.
In other reptile news, one of our neighbors found a slightly larger reptile in their pool. This sign is posted outside of the coffee shop.
It's a black snake - VERY good snake...they eat mice, rats, politicians.... Glad that you just put it back in the "wild." What did Benjamin think of it? The 'Gator poster is a hoot. "Comes when called!??" WHO would call an alligator? :-)
ReplyDeleteGrandpa Chadwick
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ReplyDeleteAnd this morning: a dead mouse. I'm not sure which is worse - dead mouse or live snake...
ReplyDeleteAunt Megan sez:
ReplyDeleteFor my money, live black (or other non-venomous) snake is way better than dead mouse. Dead mouse, however, without question trumps live baby rattler ... 8(