The cat picture has completely freaked me out. If it was my kitty, I would have put on thick gloves and used tongs to get it off.
I think I would have removed the snake’s head with pruning shears.
I would have clipped the collar behind the cat's neck.
“I would have put on thick gloves and used tongs to get it off.”
A couple of weeks ago my next-door neighbor used a shovel to kill a copperhead that had gotten itself wedged into a tight spot between some garden edging and the house foundation.
His wife used a pair of kitchen tongs to pull it out.