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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 238282" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>My parents had a couple of cats, one of whom used to regularly bring in "presents". He would miaouw from the other side of the back door, my mother would get up and go let him in, the cat would drag in the mouse or rat of whatever, do one lap of honour around the living room, then go back outside with its prize to go munch it under the house.</p><p></p><p>One night we heard a muffled "miaouw" from the back door, my mother went to open the door - and we heard her strangled cry of "snake!!" and my dad leapt from the table to go to the rescue. Finding the way to the back door blocked by mum, he headed out via the front door, grabbing a shovel on the way. He got to the back door just in time to see the cat drop its prize (so it could miaouw more clearly) and the five foot long red-bellied black snake (venomous) slither away through the back stairs under the house. Dad swung with the shovel but just missed the snake.</p><p></p><p>Amazingly, the cat was unbitten. The snake was not seen again.</p><p></p><p>This sort of thing happens moderately frequently, when you live in a sub-tropical area with lots of banana plantations by the sea. The house was a timber beach shack on stilts, we were used to "wildlife". I can cope with mice and rats (although they are a symptom of a problem needing to be fixed) but although I know there are always going to be snakes nearby, I don't like to be confronted by an angry venomous snake that resents being disturbed by a hunting cat.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 238282, member: 1991"] My parents had a couple of cats, one of whom used to regularly bring in "presents". He would miaouw from the other side of the back door, my mother would get up and go let him in, the cat would drag in the mouse or rat of whatever, do one lap of honour around the living room, then go back outside with its prize to go munch it under the house. One night we heard a muffled "miaouw" from the back door, my mother went to open the door - and we heard her strangled cry of "snake!!" and my dad leapt from the table to go to the rescue. Finding the way to the back door blocked by mum, he headed out via the front door, grabbing a shovel on the way. He got to the back door just in time to see the cat drop its prize (so it could miaouw more clearly) and the five foot long red-bellied black snake (venomous) slither away through the back stairs under the house. Dad swung with the shovel but just missed the snake. Amazingly, the cat was unbitten. The snake was not seen again. This sort of thing happens moderately frequently, when you live in a sub-tropical area with lots of banana plantations by the sea. The house was a timber beach shack on stilts, we were used to "wildlife". I can cope with mice and rats (although they are a symptom of a problem needing to be fixed) but although I know there are always going to be snakes nearby, I don't like to be confronted by an angry venomous snake that resents being disturbed by a hunting cat. Marg [/QUOTE]
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