Lindon vs. the snake

Lindon does NOT like snakes. He's not always the bravest of cats, but he was determined that the slithery beast should not stay on his territory. (Even though he had no idea what to do with it!)

He's a giant teddy bear.

Across the yard, I saw him creeping along with his tail dragging the ground. He stared at the thing. He poked it with a giant paw and jumped back in horror. Then he snuck towards it again. Seeing him do this sort of thing usually means something is wrong, so I hurried over to see what he'd found.

The snake had some stripes and shook its tail as if it might be a rattlesnake, so I didn't snap any pictures of his attempts to deal with it. I chased him off and took a picture of the snake while my compadres attempted to pick it up with a long stick and take it back into the woods. (Maybe not the best of ideas, but it worked out.)

Here's the snake:

It wasn't amused.

I've seen western rattlesnakes. This snake was smaller, and lacked a rattle, so I'm not convinced that it was one, but better safe than sorry, right? :)

Kissa had a similar adventure last year with a black snake. She was way more determined than Lindon to kill it. When we found her attacking it out in the neighbor's weeds, it had fur from her ruff stuck all over its snout, but luckily, hadn't managed land a bite. She's a seriously fiercehearted little cat.

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