A few weeks ago, while helping
serolynne out with a
Purge Genie client, the little girl at the house let me play with her small snake that she had caught in the back yard.
When we got home, I asked our cat Alma to bring us a pet snake.
Two days later, to my utter disbelief, she did.
She brought home a gorgeous two foot long Everglades Black Racer, totally unharmed.
Cherie and I were amazed, and we went out and bought a small bedside tank for the snake so that Cherie could have company while recovering from her surgery. Cherie named the snake Snoopy.
In the first photo you can see Snoopy ignoring a cricket. In the next, she is ignoring a feeder fish. What a picky eater!On the recommendation of the pet store, we brought Snoopy both crickets and feeder fish. She ignored them. After a week with no results, I then tried digging all around the yard until I found some earthworms and various bugs. Snoopy continued to have no interest, and she was seeming less active every day.
The last alternative would be to try frozen and/or live pinky mice. We were contemplating needing to go to a speciality pet store today to get some. If the mice didn't work, we would have to let Snoopy go.
Yesterday - I asked Alma to bring us some food for her pet snake. I told her that lizards might work, but that they would have to be smaller than the usual size she brings home.
This morning - she brought me an unhurt, perfectly sized lizard.
I took it and dropped it in Snoopy's tank.
Five minutes later, Alma returned with another perfect lizard.
Amazing!
Fifteen minutes later, Cherie calls me in to the room to catch the last moments of Snoopy swallowing the first lizard!
In this picture, you can see the last of the first lizard's tail hanging out of Snoopy's mouth. The second lizard can be seen in the back corner, looking rather scared. I just checked again, and the second lizard seems to be missing too. Snoopy is now a very happy snake.
And Alma - wow, what an incredible cat. She not only brought us a pet snake when asked, but also the perfect food for it. I am totally amazed!