She Saved Her Cat Using Salad Tongs After Finding Her Feline Friend With A Poisonous Snake Wrapped Around Its Neck
One woman’s quick thinking and resourcefulness allowed her to save her cat from a potentially deadly situation.
When faced with the challenge of rescuing her feline from a dangerous predicament, she turned to an unexpected tool: a pair of salad tongs.
Who knew that the most ordinary object could become an extraordinary lifesaving instrument?
On January 30, Rebecca Daynes of Brisbane, Australia, found her cat Mabel with an eastern brown snake wrapped around her neck.
Eastern brown snakes are poisonous reptiles that live in many regions throughout Australia. They are also fast-moving creatures that are dangerous to humans.
The snakes are active during the day and usually feed on mice, lizards, and ground-dwelling birds. According to the Australian Museum, eastern brown snakes are responsible for more snake bite deaths in Australia than any other species of snake.
Once Daynes became aware of the situation, she sprung into action. Desperate to save her furry friend, she managed to uncoil the snake from Mabel’s neck with a pair of salad tongs.
Amazingly, Mabel didn’t seem to have been bitten by the venomous snake. And, 24 hours later, she hadn’t shown any signs of distress.
The snake, on the other hand, was covered in bite marks. However, it survived the incident and slithered outside, where it is now “presumably somewhere in the garden or the bushland behind the house.”
Kellie – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual cat
Apparently, Mabel the cat even tried to escape outdoors again the very next day, “so she clearly hasn’t [learned] any lessons.”
Due to Mabel’s old age and the fact that she is living with a brain tumor, Daynes tries to keep her from going outside, but the clever cat still manages to make a break for it from time to time. In this case, she slipped out when Daynes took her child to school.
When Daynes first caught sight of the snake on her pet, she thought it was not a venomous species, but upon closer inspection, she realized that she was wrong.
“Around lunchtime, I saw her walk past a window and instantly noticed the snake around her neck,” said Daynes.
“I was obviously shocked and ran to remove the snake, thinking it was most likely a small python. Pythons can deliver a nasty bite, but they aren’t venomous; however, as soon as I got closer, I could tell that it wasn’t.”
Daynes sent a photo of the snake to her son, who told her that it was most likely an eastern brown snake.
After the ordeal, Daynes and her husband took turns watching Mabel for symptoms. Over 48 hours later, she still wasn’t acting any differently, so they presumed she was completely fine.
“We think Mabel has definitely used up all her luck and nine lives with this one,” said Daynes. “She is very old, skinny, and frail, having already outlived her life expectancy after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, so we know her time left with us will be measured in months rather than years, but we are extremely grateful we still have for a little while longer.”
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