Smaller snake, the ringneck snake. Lol, whoever reads this will either think "stupid", "idiot" or they will laugh. See, I have been studying up on their "venom", you know, the toxic properties in their saliva. Well, turns out, their "venom" is actually stronger than alot of venomous snake's venom. For instance, Coral Snakes, I have seen them eat all sorts of prey, from anoles, to skinks, to other snakes. The prey is almost always swallowed alive(there are some exceptions). The coral snake would grab a snake and imediately begin chewing on it, this could last for 30 minutes, but the snake will still be swallowed alive. However, last night I fed my male northern ringneck, he is about 13 inches, when a little snake comes in seeing range, he stands still, only to strike when he is in distance of the snake's neck. But when he grabs the other snake he begins chewing on it and it is swallowed dead about 5 minutes later.

Granted, the snakes that I feed to him are only about 4 inches long, but still, 5 minutes?? That's pretty quick for a snake that isn't considered venomous. Regal ringneck snakes, the most toxic of them all, wow, where to start, they too, will always bite the neck, but when they do that to snakes(atleast in my experience) they let go. The other snake will wander off and pending on size, will die 5 to 15 minutes later.

I don't know what I am getting at with all of this, but does anyone have any thoughts or anything they wanna share about their feeding behavior/toxic saliva? : )
Michael
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