So I'm walking out to feed the hogs tonight and the cat has something she's playing with in the yard. I walk over to see what it is and when I get there this pink fleshy tone thing jumps at me. I was startled and jumped back, then looked again. It was an 18 " snake and it had just struck at me and I was seeing the inside of it's wide open mouth. I've seen these snakes before and know they are not poisonous. The dog came running up and sniffed at it while the cat continued to bat at it.
I don't like snakes but I HATE mice and snakes eat mice, so I figure if it can get away from the cat I will leave it be, even though it's closer to the house than I'm comfortable with.
I went on to the hog house and when I came back the cat had grown tired of tormenting the snake and when she saw me walked away from it. Once again I tried to get the dog to take some interested in it, so I didn't have to take care of it, since it was closer to the house now. No such luck, but as the dog sniffed around it, the snake buried it's head and stuck it's tail up and started waving it around.
Dumb**s me, decides to pick it up by the tail and take it back towards the barns where it can catch all the mice it wants and hopefully stay away from my yard. WHAT WAS I THINKING??? My skin is still crawling and I've done the shutter dance a few times too. I think I will have to take a dozen hot showers just to get the feeling of that snake off my hand.
Sometimes I wonder about myself.
I don't like snakes but I HATE mice and snakes eat mice, so I figure if it can get away from the cat I will leave it be, even though it's closer to the house than I'm comfortable with.
I went on to the hog house and when I came back the cat had grown tired of tormenting the snake and when she saw me walked away from it. Once again I tried to get the dog to take some interested in it, so I didn't have to take care of it, since it was closer to the house now. No such luck, but as the dog sniffed around it, the snake buried it's head and stuck it's tail up and started waving it around.
Dumb**s me, decides to pick it up by the tail and take it back towards the barns where it can catch all the mice it wants and hopefully stay away from my yard. WHAT WAS I THINKING??? My skin is still crawling and I've done the shutter dance a few times too. I think I will have to take a dozen hot showers just to get the feeling of that snake off my hand.
Sometimes I wonder about myself.