lol... with the majority of the posts I've made on this board, I know not to take offense to anything.



I have only used ringneck snakes as feeders on purpose a couple times, and never once did they involve in a kingsnake. Usually eastern milk snakes were the predator, and small northern ringneck snakes were the prey. Never had a milk die or regurge. I've heard of many instances where a king or a coral regurged a ringneck though.



Most of these feeders are prairie ringneck snakes, mississippi ringneck snakes, and regal ringneck snakes. I know plenty of people that use southern ringneck snakes and northern ringneck snakes as feeders for years with no ill effects.



Someone brought up the topic of what are ringneck snakes eating to make them "poisonous" to what is consuming them. That person also said slugs are a possibility. And I agree. Slugs are often a common food for many sub-species of ringneck snakes, and some of the slugs are poisonous.



Another theory that popped into my head.... I know people that have fed ringnecks to corals, only to result in the loss of some coral snakes. The 2nd and 3rd time around, they tried teasing the ringneck snake, making it musk constantly and basically empty out it's stomach contents. And then those were used as feeders with no ill effects. My guess as to why.... After the ringneck snakes are ingested, they musk. They musk and crap everywhere while inside the consumer. I am not at all sure if this would have any effect on the snake regurgitating the ringneck, but it does sound likely to me. After all, most humans would spit something up if it tasted bad after it was swallowed.
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