I dispatched a real snake (a small one but still)in my house last night.
The time it happened to me, I was alerted by the loud growling of a cat, and I got there quick enough to pry her jaws apart, rescue the snake, and return it alive to the outdoors where it belonged. Another time I ran over one, killing it with the lawnmower, and I felt really bad because I hadn’t seen it in time.
I always try to rescue any creature that gets in the house. The only ones I want dead are flies, fleas and mosquitoes. I even rescued a spider from drowning once! Saw it fall into a pan of water and sink down, quickly grabbed it out and put it on a paper towel and gently blew air onto it. Thought it was a goner, but a couple minutes later, I picked up its lifeless looking body, and it suddenly woke up and jumped down onto the floor and under a cabinet.
That's a good cat!
My outdoor feral had some sort of encounter a week ago that has left her with an enormous goose egg on her forehead. She wouldn't let me touch it, but it sort of looks better and then will look much worse. The other night it burst open and blood was running down her face. Poor thing. She was miserable and wouldn't eat. She was so lethargic that she actually let me wash her face with a washcloth soaked in warm water and colloidal silver. Then she wanted to drink out of the bowl of silver, so I left it for her and she has seemed much better the past two days. Very hungry and vocal this morning.