I have fifteen cats in my house. I have never yet had a negative snake/cat encounter.

Of course, I do not leaves snakes and cats alone to frolic together unattended. My cats are fascinated with snakes. I have never had a snake strike at a cat (a more likely scenario, I should think) or a cat attempt to harm a snake.

One of my cats is downright obsessed with snakes. His favorite play toys are rubber snakes. He will toss a rubber snake around for hours. He insists upon having a rubber snake in his water dish alawys. (I find this odd, but......whatever.) He is truly intrigued by my living snakes, but has never made a move to harm one.

It is, indeed possible to achieve balance in a multi-species household. I have cats, dogs, snakes, lizards, arachnids, ferrets and kids. I will not venture so far as to add birds, but so far we have a rather harmonious household.

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