
According to Mr Rich Borglum this time things did end badly.

What's so sad, is it looks like he was doing ok! Had a little sheep dinner... was halfway out... then BAM! My theory, he looked back, thought another snake was chasing him, tried to get him through the fence.
This theory is entirely based on behavior displayed by my cat. Cats and snakes are kind of the same right? They both have tails, like hamsters, behave poorly on planes. That's enough for me, case closed.