Posted by:
WillStill
at Thu Aug 11 10:31:28 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by WillStill ]
Hi Jorge,
I think that many wild females take full advantage of piles of nestling rodents as often as they can. So in a good year, one in which keeps the mice, voles, rats etc pumping out babies, the snakes will take full advantage and gorge themselves and do very well reproductively for that year, likely producing 2 or 3 or more clutches per season. Now obviously in those lean years, the snakes will not have access to "easy" prey and may not be able to support multiple clutches.
Will
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