Sssurprise! Cat owner screams in horror when she discovers her pet is playing with a SNAKE
- Christina Laughter, 38, thought her Maine Coon cat Barley was playing with fur
- The cat was playing with the snake at Christina’s Jacksonville home
- After half an hour, Christina pulled away a boot to discover a garden snake
This is the dramatic moment a woman investigating her cat’s strange behavior screamed when she discovered her pet was playing with a snake.
Christina Laughter, 38, thought her cat Barley, a Maine Coon, was ‘chasing tufts of his fur around’ in her home in Jacksonville, Florida.
The insurance analyst says at the start of the clip: ‘For 30 minutes, at least, the cat’s been over here getting sketched out over a shadow.’
Christina Laughter, 38, thought her cat Barley, a Maine Coon, was ‘chasing tufts of his fur around’ in her Jacksonville home
Barley has difficulty seeing and at first Christina did not think anything of his antics.
She said: ‘Barley has inverted eyelashes. So his eyelashes grow from inside his eyelids, but despite his eye condition, his nose is on point.’
Hoping to capture the adorable moment, Christina’s husband Matt, 40, suggested that she record the seemingly confused Barley.
After recording for about a minute, Christina’s curiosity got the better of her and she went to take a closer look at what Barley was doing.
As she picked up the boot and saw what Barley was playing with, Christina jumped back, and shouted: ‘It’s a f***ing snake!’
Luckily the snake was of a common garden variety, and wasn’t venomous.
Christina said: ‘This was the first time I’ve had a snake in my home.’
But she was horrified to discover her cat had been playing with a snake hidden under a boot for half an hour
The pet-owner confirmed she feels ‘much safer’ after discovering her cat has a nose for unwelcome guests
After she shooed Barley away from the uninvited guest, Christina turned her attention to removing the snake from her house.
‘My husband was on his way home already,’ she said.
‘So I guarded the snake in the corner with my trusty broom until my husband got home, and then he put him back in the yard.’
The pet-owner confirmed she feels ‘much safer’ after discovering her cat has a nose for unwelcome guests.
‘He’s very good at sniffing out creatures that belong outside,’ she said.
Maine Coon cats are the largest domesticated cat breed with adult males weighing around 18 pounds.
Native to the state of Maine they are one of the oldest natural breeds in North America, and are known for their supreme hunting skills.