Snakes and cats...

[Elocin]

There's a carpet python in my neighbors tree right now... Do I let my cats outside?

I live in a fairly 'snake predominate' suburb of Brisbane and I know the snakes are always out and about... I'm just freaking out because I saw the snake.

Will they be ok or should I keep them inside?

[KimB]

I think it would depend on the size of the snake and the cats. If you have kittens and the snake is big then no I wouldn't. Snakes don't tend to attack anything bigger than what they could eat unless attacked first (self defense) so if your cats are likely to attack it then I would also keep them inside.

[angelaartsstudent]

Am not 100% sure a cat would be stupid enough to even bother sniffing a sleeping python...luckily they're pretty still when their not eating.

I've lost 2 dogs to snakes, but never a cat....but I'd probably wait a few hours for snakey to move on. However, if he looked like he's digesting a feed I would let kitty out, becuase snake is pretty much going to do nothing! :-D

[Nicambhar]

depends on how big the snake is I suppose... We live in the bush and have some whopper snakes here and my cat and dog are still alive and they are fulltime outside pets.

[Elocin]

Thanks girls... As soon as the birds started going off, both cats ran inside and refused to go back out until the birds calmed down, so I'm relieved about that.

No more sightings thus far and the boys are running around outside

[Nicambhar]

speaking of snakes, * shudders * how's the brown snakes swimming around the floodwater's in Rockhampton. I'd be a bit scared to go to sleep just in case I had an extra something in my sheets in the morning :O

[Elocin]

I was worried about them wanting to play with the slippery little sucker too Jo, but they both bolted upstairs and wouldn't go outside even after the snake had gone away. They were still inside about 3 hours afterwards even though the door was open about an hour after we saw it...

[beckoes]

we just paid $1000 to keep our cat alive after she got bitten by a brown snake....she is now an indoors cat casue we cant afford another $1000 if/when it happens again! I know she would be silly enough to annoy a big python!
and about the floods...I heard on the news this farmer talking about how he had to move all his live stock off a small patch of land that was surrounded by water as the snakes had all found thier way to the same patch and his animals were all getting bitten! CRAZY

[Nettie]

Our 2 cats got bitten 3 times (one cat got bitten twice). Cost approx $350 a time... not cool!