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It ate a Anole 10 days ago, see Dinner Served post. This is from today.

Is it going to get fat at this rate?

I guess the worms were just a light snack.

Not a Thanksgiving dinner.

I have 2 Ringnecks, that will be 5-6 Anoles a month, better get the neighbor's kids to get busy, so they can be fattened up.

This IS much more fun to watch............

The snake will not get fat off of anoles... However, if you manage to get it eating pinky mice, it will become fat. A friend of mine who used to frequent these forums had a southern ringneck that would eat several pinkies every feeding.

And some ringnecks will use contriction.
I've seen southerns do it, northerns do it, and regals do it, towards prey such as lizards, other snakes, and salamanders. It is not used how kingsnakes used it (suffocation)... It is merely used to hold prey down while venomous properties in the saliva kill the prey.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com
^ Updated 10/8

Thanks Mike, the Anoles are free, easy to catch, and put on quite a show. This one got loose, the snake went crazy looking for it. Then the venom did it's stuff.