Cats are hunters by nature and unfortunately not able to discriminate
between string, snakes, harmful prey and non- harmful prey. Gypsy is no exception. She loves to play and hunt and this weekend we did a lot of yard
work and burning. Somewhere along the
line, while clearing brush and pulling debris out for the bonfire she managed to
find a prize!
A Garter snake!
Wow - I have never seen her so animated. She was doing serious damage to the poor thing.
I simply had to rescue the Mr. Snake before it was too late. At first I thought it was actually just a shedded snake skin, but as I got closer, gosh, darn, if it didn't turn out to be a rubber snake I had bought years ago and placed on a rock near our back trail. It must have been covered in leaves and soil for some time and then dug up on the weekend for Gypsy's enjoyment. As I said, cats are not discriminating when it comes to hunting, and rubber snakes are not to be ignored.
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