Look what the cat dragged in...

[Dale_Arthurs]

Well yesterday my girlfriends cat was fighting with something they noticed it was a snake. It was a little coachwhip which bit the cat many times before losing the battle. They tried to save it but it died. They put it in the freezer until I arrived to see what it was. Would it be ok if I thawed it and fed it to my captive bred cal king or am I taking an unessary risk? Could there be issues with pest sprays or disease. She lives in downtown Wickenberg and with the colder weather recently this was quite a surprise.

[reptilist]

I think there is a good possibility that internal parasites from the wild snake will infect your cb king.

[Cmpyrrhus]

I would not do it myself, being that Kings can be fed a more trusting diet of mice. You never know what you are risking in that situation. Always a 50/50 chance of good/bad.

[Donna]

Another thing is that cat saliva is some nasty stuff. It's full of bacteria which multiplies rapidly.

Donna

[Dale_Arthurs]

Thanks for the replies. I just wanted to see if it was okay but I didnt think it would be. Anyway my girlfriends sister caught a nightsnake next to an appartment complex about a half mile north of dunlap on central. Will the heat lasting so long affect next year in anyway?

[JJFeldner]

Let me check with Nostradamus....

[reptilist]

Maybe the Old Farmers Almanac can answer your question Dale...hehe

http://www.almanac.com/index.php

[JJFeldner]

the almanac and I don't see any indication that the weather events of the past year will be affecting our weather next year:
Winter will be quite mild, with temperatures two to three degrees above normal, on average. The coldest periods will be in mid-November, late December, late January, and late February. Precipitation will be below normal, with above-normal snowfall in the north. Expect some snow in high elevations in early to mid-November, with snow in the north and east near Christmas, in mid-January, and in late February.

April and May will be warm and dry, with above-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall.

The summer will be a hot one, with temperatures two to three degrees above normal, on average. The hottest temperatures will occur in early June, mid-June, and mid-July. June will be relatively dry, but thunderstorm activity will become a bit more widespread from July into mid-August, bringing most spots some much-needed rain.

September will be cooler than normal, with relatively warm temperatures in October. Expect above-normal rainfall in the west, with less rain than normal in the east.

I think I'll stick with Nostradamus. LOL

[reptilist]

Long after the time of the Antichrist and the time of troubles a
"forty-cycle" drought will come about. People will survive only by
extracting water by melting ice at the poles and distilling it from
sea water. Later, the climate will become very wet and copious
flooding will occur. This is a natural cycle of the earth, and it
causes civilizations to perish during ice ages. "forty cycles" is
something like four thousand years. Man will cause the problems
because some aspect of his technology will be endangering the
delicate balance of the ecosystem enough to eventually trigger an ice
age.

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/nostradamus/part8/


(Sure looks relevant to me! haha)