None of the above.
The snake would have to be my favorite critter.
They are exterminators of pests and vermin. An excellent hunter of both stealth and prowess.
I know snakes gets a bad rap, but many are non venomous AND serve as pest terminators. However, my late beloved Dominic was a terrier who was the bane of any vermin who got into our yard. With, at the time, ten cats in our household, it was Dominic who found and killed no less than eight mice the first summer we had him. He was the mighty hunter.
OTOH, one time one of our cats managed to sneak outside along with the dogs when they went out to do their business, and he came back inside carrying a mouse very gingerly. Set it down on the bedroom floor where it squeaked and otherwise looked scared out of its rodent mind. Well, the rest of the cats came and WATCHED this mouse and did nothing. :fuelfire:Hubby came in and had to dispose of it. Did he kill it? Noooo, he put it back outside. Said if the cats weren't doing their job he wasn't doing it for them. I am certain one of two things happened: either that mouse got the hell out of Dodge while it could OR it was one of Dominic's body count. Ah, Dominic, there will never be another dog like you for me.
The cats do at least manage to keep our home pest free. They pounce on and kill any stray moth, cockroach, earwig, and the like. They eat anything but a cockroach, so I can always tell when one of those creatures are around. Insert full body shudder here.
My hound dog Casey snatches flies out of the air and disposes of them.
So the Boudicca household does not require the services of a snake.
