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DMong
at Tue Feb 15 20:31:25 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Sure thing Toby! 
It might very well be just certain types of snakes that have a bit smellier stools from eating chicks. I know I have heard this from kingsnake (getula)breeders in the past etc...
And although kings probably do fine on chicks nutrition-wise, I don't think it is a very commonly eaten prey by any means either since they aren't arboreal in the least. Maybe chicks to their systems is similar to beans or broccoli to us humans..LOL! 
I would guess that some kings would certainly take some ducklings here and there though that they find along canals, lakes and ponds though. As you know, floridana and other getula are often found in close proximity to water.
~Doug ----- "a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
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