Helmet Blister
Carpet python after trying to eat kitten.
(Sorry about the boxer shorts I had just jumped out of bed.)
This python cruised our house for a couple of days trying to get the kitten , we lost an earlier kitten this way . We woke to hear a terrible noise and found the snake had the kitten under the house . Dragged it out , untangled the snakes coils but could not release the jaws. The teeth are backwards facing needle like hooks so it's not possible to pull it off without ripping the cat .We tried some ice to the snakes neck and head , which wasn't doing anything , and we were a bit shaken as was the cat and the kids. Eventually I held the snakes neck firmly (with kitten in mouth) and we shook the snakes body, just enough to make it release its jaws . Kitten now licking it's wounds , snake returned to the forest unharmed.
PHEW , what a way to wake up.
Carpet python after trying to eat kitten.
(Sorry about the boxer shorts I had just jumped out of bed.)
This python cruised our house for a couple of days trying to get the kitten , we lost an earlier kitten this way . We woke to hear a terrible noise and found the snake had the kitten under the house . Dragged it out , untangled the snakes coils but could not release the jaws. The teeth are backwards facing needle like hooks so it's not possible to pull it off without ripping the cat .We tried some ice to the snakes neck and head , which wasn't doing anything , and we were a bit shaken as was the cat and the kids. Eventually I held the snakes neck firmly (with kitten in mouth) and we shook the snakes body, just enough to make it release its jaws . Kitten now licking it's wounds , snake returned to the forest unharmed.
PHEW , what a way to wake up.