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Sound Asleep He Is Shocked Into Consciousness By His Wifes Screams And Finds Himself Locked In A Battle To Save Their Kitten’s Life!

Sound asleep one morning he awakens to the sound of his partners screams and finds her grappling with a huge snake!

Nick Kearns, from Kununurra, Western Australia was sound asleep in the early hours of the morning last week when he awoke to the sound of his partner, Karyn, screaming outside.

Stark naked he leaped out of bed and followed her heart-rending screams outside to the backyard garden, where he saw a huge snake had coiled itself around one of the kittens, Lil, crushing the life out of her tiny body!

Photo Courtesy of Nick Kearns

‘When I first saw the snake coiled around the kitten, I didn’t think I’d have much time,’ Nick told UNILAD. ‘I first picked up the whole snake and Lil was trying to back out and kicking pretty frantically, but was starting to kick less and less. I was trying to uncoil it and my partner Karyn was holding the tail out, but the snake just wouldn’t let go.’

Acutely aware that time was running out, Nick was able to find the central coil where Lil’s head was most likely to be and grabbed onto her tiny body.

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Luckily the python recoiled, however when Nick relaxed his grip the snake bit his right hand.

He added: ‘The snake had her by the chin and there was no way it was letting go. Lil had a bit of a chunk missing from her cheek and we doused it with Betadine and she’s fine now.’

Photo Courtesy of Nick Kearns

Lil no longer goes into the area of the garden where the snake attacked. She still, however, spends her time chasing butterflies and crickets in other areas of the garden. She also has developed a fear of Nicks belt and other long and skinny things vaguely snake-like.

There is no doubt the couple’s quick thinking saved Lil’s life from what would have been a very sad end.

Nick’s hand has fully recovered, though most of his other injuries came from falling over twice while coming to the kitten’s aid. Unaware of his naked state until after the attack was over, he is quick to point out he had woken up in shock.

Photo Courtesy of Nick Kearns

Nick has previously done snake handling courses, he said they don’t actually show you what to do in the instance of a snake getting hold of a pet.

‘The training shows you how to pick up and store a snake for relocation and utilizes a hook and grabber,’ he explained. ‘It doesn’t hurt the snake at all, and of course, I relocated this one to a nice place – but at least seven kilometers from our place.’

Nick and Karyn are no strangers to seeing big snakes in their own garden, and they regularly find themselves relocating reptiles that have made their way into the garden to say hello.

Photo Courtesy of Nick Kearns

‘Now I do a bit of a patrol each morning and of course they don’t get to roam around when it’s dark anyway,’ he said. ‘There’s also a risk of birds getting them – eagles and hawks – but we’ve been relatively lucky so far.’

Here’s to hoping Lil stays out of danger from now on.

For more details please go to unilad.co.uk.

Feature image courtesy of wikipedia.org and Razzcherry

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