Jelly The Cat Cheats Death

Poor kitty, but great picture. A good reason to keep the cat inside from here on out, I guess!

That's what you call a nightmare. I'm glad my cats stay indoors.

I think that was a very ambitious snake with dreams of a big meal

My cat does that a lot, but yeesh! A copperhead?!

she was right about not opening the door to the cat.

Oh, teh poor kitteh.

Wow, the cat called 911! Maybe she can teach bloggers English syntax next! (We're overlooking the misspelling of immediately. Not as funny.)

funny neck-tie

Maybe the snake was attracted to the warmth of the cat? Was it a cold night?

I wonder if letting the cat indoors would allow the snake to experience a warmer environment and leave the cat? Just a thought.

Yeah, that'd be great, a poisonous snake free in the house.

First of all, Stella, you are clearly wrong and this is obvious to all in attendance. Second, please don't quit your day job, the internet does not need any more idiots who clearly have nothing more important going on in their lives than to come and complain about ridiculous things on a random site. Fuck, get over yourself.

And to Erik, letting a poisonous snake into your house is not a good idea.

My cat Kage (kah gay) kills snakes all the time. There were several in our basement (came up through the sump pump, I think...). One was about 1/3 her weight (she's small). I was sure impressed but my wife is deathly afraid of snakes so we praise her at the top of the basement stairs and she doesn't bring them any further. None have ever been poisonous though.

By the way she is, has always been and will always be an indoor cat.

Hope your cat has recovered!

though i don't know the identity of the snake, i can tell you it is not a copperhead, it is a nonpoisonous snake.

Hate to burst your bubble sir but that is a southern copperhead. And one lucky feline.

It's "antivenin" not anti-venom

That's one of the reasons I could never live in a country that had deadly snakes. The stories you are telling of snakes in basements are just nightmarish.
I live in England, by the way and my heart goes out to anyone with a phobia about snakes.

Now that's one lucky pussy or as we Aussie's would say 'lucky duckie'.

one lucky kitteh.
now go live your 8 life left to the fullest.

aww.. such a cute picture of the cat :)

glad it survived ^^ the snake was probably hanging around waiting for it to keel over paralyzed o.o

you always forget those snakes are around until you find a gift on your front porch along with a proud kitty...

Google "Southern Copperhead" and you will see EVERY PICTURE of the snake shows a patterned snake, and that snake is clearly not. I am no expert on snakes either, but alas, internet proves otherwise. One way or another. Lucky cat because that COULD have been a copperhead or worse.

aww poor cat :( and that is definitely a copperhead.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://homepage.mac.com/macalba/images/2007/01/20061227-034-copperhead-sml.jpg&imgrefurl=http://las.new-england.net.au/2007/01/03/copperhead-day/&usg=__olLkGNQG9xbJ-GjpuutG2MIcJqo=&h=536&w=750&sz=126&hl=en&start=9&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=KgEnlLjHAKK08M:&tbnh=101&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcopperhead%2Bsnake%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1

That snake is a colubrid. There are no venomous colubrids in North America. Copperheads are vipers. Learn your snakes, it could save your life and keep you from looking like a dumb bitch.

In terms of the snake debate you both are technically correct. Although the snake is a copperhead it is not the perhaps more well known AMERICAN copperhead. It is rather an AUSTRALIAN copperhead