Near Dangerous Situation

[Ed_r]

It was an awesome day here in Chicago 80 almost no humidity, perfectly blue sky. So I desided to get the Boas out for a little outside time. I took Pebbles out, she is about 8.5' about 28-30 pounds and as peaceful as can be. Our block was loaded with kids of all ages playing, of course they are all interested in my girl, and all is going well. BUT There has been a trio of rabbits that have been hanging around the area. Well i saw a couple of them hopping around across the street, didnt think too much about it. A couple minutes later one of the little kids is chasing a rabbit out of our yard. Luckily the rabbit stopped about 5' away from Pebbles. I quickly chased the rabbit away to safety.

And of course today was her normal feeding day.

Well She knew there was a rabbit there and INSTANTLY went into feed mode! Of course she starts cruising around looking for her tasty morsel of bunny. A few of the kids see her moving about and of course all congregate by her. So i'm now chasing the kids away so they dont get bit. I had to tail her and she let out a real loud hiss. At least the kids knew not to mess with her then. Luckily I had a tote in the garrage that was open, so i was able to lock her in ght tub till i got her back in the cage.

Of course one of the paranoid mothers was right there to watch all this. Luckily no one got bit (including me)

[MythsBishop]

Nice display of authoritah!

Seriously though, you handled the situation well

[Ed_r]

yeah I guess No one told these rabbits that they are supposed to be mostly nocturnal.

Could have been a bad situation in many ways. Either a kid gets bit, or the whole neighborhood witnesses her killing a rabbit after i have told everyone how placid she is, and even worse how safe their kids are. Not sure how many people have had a snake kill a rabbit, but the rabbits don't go down quietly. They scream for quite a while. Could have REALLY gotten ugly.

[Ti]

Yikes! Luckily everything worked out for the best. I assume she got fed today Thanks for sharing.

[haroldo359]

good damage control, Ed. and how do you know how a snake eats a live rabbit? that is a no-no. LOL.

[Ed_r]

I assume she got fed today

Yep she crushed her f/t bunny tonight.

how do you know how a snake eats a live rabbit

Well..... One time i had my other big girl out a year or so ago in the back yard. it's fenced in so she could cruise the yard with no one bugging her, but i had a fairly lrge pine tree in the yard and didnt realize a rabbit had entered the yard. She kind curled up and WHAM she hit that rabbit like a ton of bricks. Bit, constricted, and as soon as she bit the rabbit is started screaming. Luckily it was mid week during the day so most of my neighbors were either at work or in the house.

I'm not about to try and seperate her from the rabbit, and by the time I got over to her the rabbit had pretty much expired. So i let her have it.

	Frozen/Thawed A rodent or other prey item that is frozen and then thawed to be fed to a reptile or other animal.

[haroldo359]

you gonna end up killing all neighborhood bunnies.

[NicoleRussell]

that's something that would happen to me---right after I tell people how harmless my snake is.......

[Stormyva]

Thats one way to rid the neighborhood of those unwanted pests

[haroldo359]

stormy, you mean the kids or the bunnies?

[muzixman]

I'm glad no one got bit.That would be all you need, did the paranoid mothers say anything?

[boa_lou]

Originally Posted by haroldo359

you mean the kids or the bunnies?

'n'l:

[kerri4776]

Originally Posted by Stormyva

Thats one way to rid the neighborhood of those unwanted pests

we need one to get rid of the unwanted people who knock on your door and wake u up after u work 3rd...lol