Yesterday morning I flipped a pretty little female hatchling LTT on one of my board lines. Last night I wanted to see if any LTT were on the prowl looking for rodents under some of the boards. (1257 am) What I found was a little shocking. I found a 12" pretty female LTT under the same board as the hatchling, but the hatchling was not there. The larger female looked as if she had eaten a snake. I took her home to see if she would spit it up and sure enough---------
Pretty interesting if you ask me. I returned the 12" female to the board site today. She has plenty of weight and I am sure will be just fine.------------------Joe
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LTT eats something interesting
joecop
Aug 31, 2011 11:50 AM
Replies (7)
zonatahunt
Aug 31, 2011 11:56 AM
This is a definite herp review write-up. Get to work!
Mitch
Dniles
Aug 31, 2011 09:21 PM
That is crazy Joe. Pretty darn cool you discovered that actually.
KcTrader
Sep 01, 2011 08:39 PM
really cool man. They must have not been bonded. Just goes to show anything is possible with mother nature.....Thanks for sharing!
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Jimmy Tintle
bwaffa
Sep 02, 2011 10:48 PM
No way! You mean they ARE kingsnakes?! Cool find, Joe, and thanks for sharing. (too bad about the little stunner)
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joecop
Sep 03, 2011 08:47 AM
LOL. Yeah, I guess they are kingsnakes. I did not know if this had been documented in a wild population. Maybe this is mothers natures population control due to a heavy population at this one site? Questions,questions. Thought some here might like to see the pics. -------Joe
Joe_M
Sep 05, 2011 03:20 PM
Interesting Joe. I think they are just very opportunistic feeders when they are hungry. I have seen youngsters eat garters, redbellies, and browns so it doesn't surprise me too much that they would eat another small milk.
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Joe
joecop
Sep 07, 2011 11:47 AM
Joe, I too have seen them eat quite a large variety of items and should not be surprised. With all the LTT you,me, and others here have caught you would think we would have seen this before. I had not and as of yesterday I have found 33 for this year alone. Maybe some of the larger animals had eaten small LTT and it was not quite as visible as when this 12" LTT ate a hatchling. The one I saw yesterday had a full belly but it had that "field mouse" look and not the wavy snake look. I made sure not to mess with her much though because I did not want her to gack.
Joe
