The Cat and the Corn

[EllasLlama]

Well, after observing both my corn and my cat interacting with each other, I was wondering what other experiences that you have had with cats and corns.

I do know that cats are perfectly capable of killing snakes. Our barn cats used to bring us garters occasionally, but my cat, Sophie, and corn, Kora seem to go on a sniffing battle with each other with no hard feelings either way.

After the light is turned off, Sophie will immediately jump up to my desk where Kora's viv is, and Kora will come out of her hiding log. Both will seem to taunt each other and have staring battles. When I take Kora out, they both just sit there and sniff each other and then lose interest. It seems that the element of glass makes everything more exciting!

I'm not worried about their interactions, and I find it pretty humorous currently. Has anyone had a corn snake that was "friends" with a cat, or perhaps the other way around?

 

[GillyMonster]

my CAT MONSTER killed my snake bella a snow corn, she got out and he killed her he was the same way looking at her in the tank but when he was alone with her he killed her.

 

[SquamishSerpents]

yeah, be careful!

 

[ZoologyMajor]

My cat isn't even aware my snakes exist unless I have one out. I think my baby would be in trouble as she would see him as a play toy. The others she would probably run from. I have a very passive kitty. My dog on the other hand would probably end up pawing them to death trying to entice them to play.

Here is my kitty Binx's first introduction to one of my snakes.

 

[MerlinsPop]

Oh, My, Kim! With our dearly departed miles, that pose would be immediately followed by the sound of spaghetti slurping noises.

 

[diamondlil]

I can't imagine introducing any of my snakes to either of my cats. How would I ever forgive myself if the cats followed their instincts:shrugs: I just see it as a totally unnecessary risk, personally.

 

[Jynx]

My cats have always been good at finding my lost snakes, but other than that I keep the interaction to a bare minimum.

 

[ZoologyMajor]

My cat is a 10+ year old couch potato who has no interest in anything remotely involving effort. The encounter isn't something I planned. As you can tell I was taking pictures of my okeetee so I could get a more accurate measurement of her length. Apparently my kitty came looking for me because I wasn't in the room when she woke up (she follows me everywhere). She came in and sniffed my corn for 2 sec before I picked my corn up. My okeetee doesn't hold still unless she is just waking up. When my snake moved my cat decided her kitty hammock seemed more interesting. Ya ever see a movie where they have an old dog laying on the porch and something happens like a gun fight and the dog could care less? Well that is my cat except she would get out of the way before laying back down.

 

[MerlinsPop]

If you can get a directly overhead shot of your snake WITH an object of a known length in the picture, then you can use a computer program to figure out very closely how long she is (or print it and use calipers).

 

[clipclopclip]

I own one cat that is very concerned when she sees me handling my snakes. She sits nearby and tilts her head and makes worried cat noises, like "hey, don't you know that is dangerous????"

I would never let my cats and snakes interact. But it is very funny when she sees me walk by with one and she acts all concerned.....

my two cents

 

[ZoologyMajor]

I had just finished taking the overhead shot of her to use that program. I now have a spare tub I put her in and have my camera on a tripod pointed straight down. A ton easier than trying to get her to stay still.

 

[Jrgh17]

My kitty, Pandora, is absolutely fascinated with the snakes. In her mind, they're another type of string which moves on it's own and smells interesting. I also have to discourage her from licking them. :shrugs:

She has been tagged before though... and I didn't really do anything to stop the experience. I figure that she needs to realize the snakies are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves.

 

[ZoologyMajor]

hehe your kitty looks like mine

 

[Mrs InsaneOne]

I'm not sure I'd trust my cat and I try to monitor her when she is around them.

She has, on occasion, knocked deli cups off of the bed or off of where they are sitting. (During summer we usually set them out so they benefit from the nice high temps here.)

She has stuck her nose in feeding dishes and nearly been bitten several times. She's also attempted to swat at the snake's eating or to steal the mice from the snakes. I prevent her from doing both with water bottles, loud noises, and tossing her out of the room.

There was only the one time she ventured too close to the big cali-king Folly, and got her foot partially wrapped up by a frenzied and hungry snake. She didn't like that (jumped 3 feet into the air and wasn't seen in the room again until all the snakes were put away.) She's not yet been bitten, but eventually she'll get it on the nose if she keeps sticking her nose where it doesn't belong.

There are moments though, when she's in the right spot at the right time. In half my feeding shot pictures and this one:

(No snake, or cat, was injured during the above picture. I had one hand on the camera and one on the snake just in case and the hubby wasn't too far away. And no, I don't usually let her get that close to the snakes. This was a bit of a fluke because she snuck up behind the other tuppers and poked her head around just as I was snapping pictures.)

Jenn

 

[Nanci]

Good thing the snake came prepared with a first aid kit! For either of them!

 

[EllasLlama]

Well, I finally took a picture to show you what I was talking about with the cat insisting on being on top of the tank, no matter where it was. I wake up to find her like this almost every morning.

I don't know what you're talking about! I'm innocent, I swear!

 

[Jrgh17]

Honestly, I don't see harm in letting my kitty check out the snakes. She is pretty intelligent. The one time she was bitten, it was because she tried to nibble on my kingsnake's tail. Katerina didn't actually hurt her, but did scare the crap out of her. The lesson taught her to quit sticking her nose in everything. Since then, she's lost interest in kingsnakes and moved on to staring contests with my boa. :rofl: