Damn Thing Ate A Duck!

So, I was walking past the pen

outside of the potting shed yesterday.

In that pen are about 80 chicks, 3 turkeys

and my precious, precious ducklings.

Ducklings grow very very fast.

Along the edge of the back of the pen

something caught my eye.

I took several steps backwards

and looked again.

It was a snake.

I went to look closer and saw the huge

bulge that denoted a digesting meal.

I counted the turkeys.

I counted the ducks..

I came up short.

I looked in the potting shed

to see if I had missed one.

I counted the ducks again.

And again.

Damn

Damn

Damn

Damn!

I killed it.

I killed it hard.

Then I gave it to Simon to play with.

What 6 yo boy doesn't LOVE a snake toy?

(and I may have snuck up on him with it first)

The lump you see is the duck.

The snake had gotten into

the pen and, upon eating the duck,

was too big around to exit again.

HA!

I am still amazed the snake could swallow it.

If I held it up to the top of

my head, the tail would kiss the floor.

I am 5'5. That is a good sized snake.

I usually bag and rehome the non venomous snakes.

But it ate my duck

and I lost my temper.

And I don't care.