Sugoi - ah broadband - now I understand! We now have it after years of nagging Telecom, but in NZ it's not that fast, but lightyears better than dialup.
Re snakes - I've heard several stories about cats bringing in deadly snakes in Australia. In one case the burmese dumped one on their bed when they were in it. It then disappeared a couple of days later so I guess another snake had the last laugh. I'd be hellish worried about ours who sounds just like BettyFooBoo's.


My big black boy was bitten by a snake in January - we moved to the outskirts of suburbia and have a cow paddock over the back. Not sure what kind of snake, but in the vet's opinion either it was a baby or had recently shot its venom. Puss survived, but it took a couple of weeks of daily vet trips, at home nursing (cat on a drip - needed to be monitored and medicated) and lots of stress. Not to mention the expense.
OP good luck in your search for somewhere to live. Hope you and your boy get to settle in soon.
