performing home operations on snakes is no easy feat. first there's the scare factor to overcome....even though we only have harmless (to us) garden snakes, when they're over a foot long it still took some bravery to do our good samaritan snake deed for the day. usually this deed entails nothing more than taking snakes away from the demon cats who wander around, and throwing them over the fence so they can escape brutal catchings and scratchings. this snake didn't seem to want our help, but as all good meddlers know, no one really wants your help till you've shown them how good your help is.
BUT, like it or not, this snake had a huge twiggy thing sticking out of its body, a few inches below the head. so we gently held down the snakes head and pulled the wood out of its body. it was covered with this greyish slime and a littly bit of reptilian blood. you can see the piece we pulled out of its side, there by the snake. we then locked the cat inside hoping to give the snake some recovery time. but the snake was only interested in swimming around the pond and scratching its skin off on nearby rocks. so we let the cat back out and carried the snake to another area.....only to notice that it had an even larger twiggy thing sticking out of its stomach. at that point we threw it and ran......
no, we're not proud of it.....but what the hell was wrong with that snake? how did it end up with so many pieces of sticks protruding from its body?
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