A pet snake who can multi-task...(graphic snake behavior descriptions)

[RabbitMage]

There are rare occasions when live feeding is the only option, I agree, but it's generally best to exhaust all of your other options first. In the OP's case, maybe taking the snakes out of the wild wasn't the best choice.

 

[theOEGBman]

I am glad others got to this before I did. Co-habbing corns, or any snakes, is a bad thing to do. Snakes can, and will consume their cagemates on occasion, so I dont see the point in risking it.

I've always wondered how one snake could swallow another. You can see how something shorter, like a mouse, could fit in a snake's stomach, but how can they consume something as long as they are? Things that make me go

There are snakes out there that consume other snakes as their main diet, King snakes are one of them. It definitely seems odd, but its possible!

http://www.cornsnakes.net/photogalleryhr.php

If you go to feeding on the left, there is a link for cannibalism. There are some photos of snakes who have eaten others.

As for live feeding, its not very difficult to stick a mess of mice in the freezer. I'd never feed live again, the risk is too great.

Good luck with your snakes, I own 6 Corns myself.​

 

[conny63malies]

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There are snakes out there that consume other snakes as their main diet, King snakes are one of them. It definitely seems odd, but its possible!

http://www.cornsnakes.net/photogalleryhr.php

If you go to feeding on the left, there is a link for cannibalism. There are some photos of snakes who have eaten others.

As for live feeding, its not very difficult to stick a mess of mice in the freezer. I'd never feed live again, the risk is too great.

Good luck with your snakes, I own 6 Corns myself.

not only can they eat each other.. but they will try to teat anything. remember the picture of the dead anaconda in the glades with a half eaten full grown alligator.
there even have been cases of overzealous snakes eaten their prey and their own tail in the process.

 

[theOEGBman]

Yes, definitely. I believe that was a Burmese python, but you are correct. A burmese or reticulated, someones escaped or released pet. My buddy lost a ball python a while back because it tried to consume itself as well. I'm glad so many people on this forum are knowledgable about herps.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

I wouldn't tell everyone they should keep their snakes the way I keep mine. Perhaps it goes against customary practices others are used to, but it's working well here. These snakes aren't to be pitied because they're under our care.

I do like to hear differing points of view, and try to keep an open mind in order to learn new things, especially about better ways to care for my animals. But there are ways to share information and express differing opinions without being critical or condescending.

I posted this story because I thought it was an unusual & interesting episode observed while otherwise routinely tending our snakes. Not to open a discussion on snake care, nor to question my choices in keeping them.