Cooked Egg Whites

[ConcinusMan]

Nest full of something, that's for sure. But no, it's not a rat snake. ask stephan-a. This video was posted somewhere else and stephan took a shot at an ID. I looked up the name of the snake he had given, and sure enough, he was right. The video was filmed in South America. Notice how the snake is laterally compressed, suggesting an aquatic and/or abborial lifestyle, and listen to the human accents and background bird life. But yeah, my guess would be that the snake feeds largely on eggs and baby birds. I don't think garters are quite equipped to eat whole eggs in their shells, but if they'll eat whites, why not give it to them. Just do it in a way that's not going to cause issues with breathing.

[gregmonsta]

I don't think garters are quite equipped to eat whole eggs in their shells, but if they'll eat whites, why not give it to them.

Actually ... the egg-eating garter snake Thamnophis dasypeltissima of the Toronga Atol was presented in 2007 by Stumpke (German scientist). A few observations lists a thamnophis that specialises on eating groundnesting bird's eggs and shows extreme defensive behaviour (as a result of having to defend against parent birds). Diet outside of bird breeding season is unknown. We are talking about island populations. Apparently they utilise thir spines much in the same fashion as the egg-eating snakes of Africa.

I love EGSA puplications.

[Stefan-A]

Actually ... the egg-eating garter snake Thamnophis dasypeltissima of the Toronga Atol was presented in 2007 by Stumpke (German scientist). A few observations lists a thamnophis that specialises on eating groundnesting bird's eggs and shows extreme defensive behaviour (as a result of having to defend against parent birds). Diet outside of bird breeding season is unknown. We are talking about island populations. Apparently they utilise thir spines much in the same fashion as the egg-eating snakes of Africa.

I love EGSA puplications.

Was this in the April issue?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Actually ... the egg-eating garter snake Thamnophis dasypeltissima of the Toronga Atol was presented in 2007 by Stumpke (German scientist). A few observations lists a thamnophis that specialises on eating groundnesting bird's eggs and shows extreme defensive behaviour (as a result of having to defend against parent birds). Diet outside of bird breeding season is unknown. We are talking about island populations. Apparently they utilise thir spines much in the same fashion as the egg-eating snakes of Africa.

I love EGSA puplications.

that is SO COOL!!!! The next time I bring home dove eggs, I will give them a shot with some garters. I have garters large enough to eat those and not even have a lump!!!