We did try pushing them back up but the snake's muscles were far too
strong. We were hoping that maybe he would be able to pass them. They do
eat some huge things in the wild.
Tina
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Interesting. I've never seen a black snake that large in the northeast.
> It's a bit late now but I suspect you could have forced the egg eater
> to disgorge his ceramic egg meal by squeezing him (gently) and forcing
> them back up to his mouth. I've never tried that and maybe it can't be
> done due to possibly cracking his ribs but it might have been worth a
> try. If unable to do that I'd have probably killed him because he
> certainly was destined to die a horrible death.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/30/2012 9:56 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > We have lots of black snakes on the farm. One got into the chicken house
> > and ate the ceramic eggs I have in there to encourage the chickens to lay
> > in the nest boxes:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/114007408
> >
> > Here is a bigger one (my husband is 6'4"):
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/136525195
> >
> > We let them both go in the pasture but I'm sure the egg-eating one died a
> > miserable death.
> >
> >
> > Tina
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