I live next to a creek in Idaho. Since my cat discovered that snakes are fun to hunt (thankfully we don't have dangerous varieties in the nearby vicinity), he's brought me 5 so far this year. He drops them at my feet - once in the house! - and then just walks away. I must appear to him to be terrible hunter, and so out of pity he helps me out. Recognizing that they are garter snakes, I just pick them up and move them back to the grass by the creek. I've never been bitten, granted they are a bit in shock. My cat bit the first two, but it seems he's learned how to catch them without piercing them. The snakes always turn their head to face me while I am carrying them back to the grass. Maybe they don't bite because they sense my benign intentions?
I live next to a creek in Idaho. Since my cat discovered that snakes are fun to hunt (thankfully we don't have dangerous varieties in the nearby vicinity), he's brought me 5 so far this year. He drops them at my feet - once in the house! - and then just walks away. I must appear to him to be terrible hunter, and so out of pity he helps me out. Recognizing that they are garter snakes, I just pick them up and move them back to the grass by the creek. I've never been bitten, granted they are a bit in shock. My cat bit the first two, but it seems he's learned how to catch them without piercing them. The snakes always turn their head to face me while I am carrying them back to the grass. Maybe they don't bite because they sense my benign intentions?