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Bluerosy
at Sun Nov 27 22:01:25 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bluerosy ]
that being said of all the kingsnakes and milksnakes which are the most likely to eat other snakes???
yesssss, they can and do eat other snakes. Both milks and kings.
Eastern kings and Florida kings are considered more snake eaters than the other western spp of kingsnakes. Both the eastern kings and Florida getula are heavy snake eaters. Miklsnakes are kinda wimpy when it comes to eating other snakes. But that also depends on which milksnakes. Sinaloan milks are less likely to be snake eaters than the eastern milksnake, etc.
But does your husbands question have more to do with keeping them in pairs or groups? Or ws it just a general questions which are snake eaters?
if the qustions is about what they eat. They are all snake eaters. But the term cannibal is ( as FR described in his post) is misused. If they were cannibals within their own group, then they would be extinct.
Now if your husband meant the other , which is keeping them in pairs or groups. You can, as long as they are bonded properly. I have kept my large collection of Florida kings for many years in groups and pairs with zero incdent of cannibalism.
However if they are not bonded they will eat each other as they do not recognize each other from the same group, tribe etc.
When people don't bond their kingsnakes they take a risk when introducing them during breeding season. That risk is always there with unbonded kingsnakes.
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RE: Settle this argument(Cannebalism) - Bluerosy, Sun Nov 27 22:01:25 2011