MY DUCK ATE A SNAKE

[Waddlestheduck]

My duck waddles ate a snake! It was a small black one. Is she going to be ok? She is doing fine.

 

[azygous]

I ate a rattlesnake once. It did not taste like chicken. Anyway, I didn't suffer any ill effects, so your duck will likely be just fine in spite of there not being much meat on a snake. They are mostly bones. Hardly worth the effort.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you bite it and it kills you, it's poisonous. If it bites you and it kills you, it's venomous

 

[cheezenkwackers]

If you are in the US and it was a small enough snake to be eaten by a duck, it was probably a harmless ring necked snake or one of its worm snake relatives.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Yeah...I'm not sure if it's dangerous to eat a venomous snake or not, but if the snake wasn't venomous then I doubt you have anything to worry about. Most snakes in the US aren't, but I know of at least one black water snake that is which is why I'm wondering where you are.

 

[Waddlestheduck]

If the snake had a white stripe, it should be fine.

It didn't have a white stripe, but today she is doing normal.

 

[azygous]

Roadrunners are birds in the Cuckoo family, and they eat rattlesnakes whole, which I did not do.

 

[KaleIAm]

My ducks ate a poor garter snake once. 5 years later the ducks are still alive. I don't know what kind of snake yours ate and what the consequences could be from that type.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Roadrunners are birds in the Cuckoo family, and they eat rattlesnakes whole, which I did not do.

I'm sure they've got some kind of resistance to the venom, like the grasshopper mouse and scorpions (they are also awesome).

But the more I think about it the more I think that the snake I was referring to isn't black when it's small, so if we're talking North America it was probably some kinda ratsnake.

 

[bill3607]

I think your duck will be fine, but the snake on the other hand not so much.

I have to say I am glad your duck ate the snake. I had a snake eat 2 chicks and kill another at about 5 weeks old. And, yes, it was a pretty big snake. I killed him and would like to bring him back and kill him again.......or 6 times.