Last Meal

[pkhunter]

Hope he enjoyed his last meal. My Buddy found this in one of his cages yesterday. Ate 3 of his hens. Cage is about 4 ft off the ground, he was so full that he couldn't get out.

 

[PappasMomma]

Brought back some bad memories. I had the same thing happen about 2 months ago. His last meal was 2 of my baby quail. What kind of snake is that?

 

[pkhunter]

Brought back some bad memories. I had the same thing happen about 2 months ago. His last meal was 2 of my baby quail. What kind of snake is that?

Not sure we think rat or chicken snake. dead for sure

 

[byrongil]

One got me too!!!!! He ate 3 of my TA&M's.

 

[streetmutt]

this makes my heart hurt. Snakes are only doing what snakes do. It's incumbent upon us to keep our quail secure. It's our fault when the snake gets in.

A snake got two of my quail a few months ago. I let him go and then fixed the weak spot. He's returned since but never got back in. I haven't seen him in two or three weeks now and I suspect he gave up.

Here he is before I scared him off for the hundredth time.

Snakes can't help who they are, but we can protect our quail. Don't blame the snake, blame yourself.

(Yes I'm a hippie but snakes have a very practical and vital role in ecosystems; plus, another snake will likely just take these guys' places so you will likely lose more quail in the future)

 

[Quail Jailer]

Men been killin snakes as hard as we could go for at least a thousand years, they ain't extinct yet.
I think we'll be ok.

 

[streetmutt]

But my softie feelings aside, it still isn't a solution to the problem. That's kinda the big point of my post.

Killing the snake does not prevent your quail from getting eaten in the future -- all it does is make you look like an ignorant caveman not interested in fixing your design flaws but only wanting to kill something for the sake of killing.

Don't blame the reptile for outsmarting you.

 

[Quail Jailer]

Snakes don't get inside the building much less my cages, and personally I never kill snakes unless they are poisonous AND within 100 yards of my home.

That said, people are afraid of snakes and will kill them, just like snakes like quail and will eat them.

 

[streetmutt]

I figured you'd have a secure setup, QJ

 

[Dragons4u]

Some snakes are tasty!