Rat Snake Ate Cermic Eggs...

[Brillig]

So, I found a huge rat snake in my coop today and it has very clearly eaten EIGHT of my dozen ceramic eggs...

I assume he's a goner now, as I can't imagine he'll be able to pass them naturally...

Has anyone had a similar experience and if so, how can I prevent this from happening again???

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Well, it's one less rat snake to eat your chickens eggs.... that snake is a gonner. The only reason it probably ate them is because the nest box probably smells like your chickens. Also warm, if a chicken had been in the box when the snake went in.

 

[TalkALittle]

Do you want to prevent snakes from getting in the coop or just prevent them from eating the ceramic eggs again?

 

[chickengeorgeto]

So, I found a huge rat snake in my coop today and it has very clearly eaten EIGHT of my dozen ceramic eggs...

I assume he's a goner now, as I can't imagine he'll be able to pass them naturally...

Has anyone had a similar experience and if so, how can I prevent this from happening again???

Don't send flowers to the snake's funeral just yet. If nothing else a snake can puke itself inside out.

 

[fayoumisfeathers]

I agree with chickengeorgeto. Many snakes will regurgitate prey they find too big. I'd keep a lookout as you could (possibly) find them laying on the ground where they were thrown up (if the snake decides to do that).

 

[Ulaidian]

It will regurgitate them.