How many eggs can a snake eat daily?

[tallyho8]

I've been letting a big rat snake live in my barn to keep the mice out but now I'm missing about 6 chicken eggs a day. Is it possible that a snake can eat that many a day or do you think he's invited his relatives for dinner?

 

[randy41]

he might eat that many in one day but he probably wouldn't need to eat again for a while.

 

[dmccarty]

I saw a Black Snake that had eaten two eggs and was going for a third when I moved it. Did not see it again but it is possible it came back for more from time to time.

Later,
Dan

 

[ibaj]

I once dispatched a huge black snake that I could count 7 eggs in his body and two of them were bigger duck eggs! I knew he probably wouldn't need to eat again, but once he learned where the eggs were I figured he'd return for more!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I once dispatched a huge black snake that I could count 7 eggs in his body and two of them were bigger duck eggs! I knew he probably wouldn't need to eat again, but once he learned where the eggs were I figured he'd return for more!

I would put a few ceramic nesting eggs in the nests; one of those and he's history.

 

[ovrszd]

Sorry, don't mean to offend the "Nature Lovers". I'd kill the snake. Easier to control mice than snakes.

 

[tallyho8]

I'm still missing about 6 eggs a day so I reckon I have to get rid of my snake(s). I've been seeing one in the barn for years and he is a little over 6 feet long now. I haven't seen him in the last couple of weeks to try to catch him so I guess I have to use alternative methods.

I don't have any ceramic eggs now but I heard putting a golf ball in the nest will do. Does anyone know if this is true or just a rumor?

 

[ovrszd]

Oh wow. That creeps me out. If I found a 6ft snake in any of my sheds there would be a new "door" out. I respectfully leave them alone in their natural environment. But I couldn't deal with walking into the barn everyday wondering where the 6ft snake is hiding. Might be in that open sack of seed I just picked up....... Creepy......

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I'm still missing about 6 eggs a day so I reckon I have to get rid of my snake(s). I've been seeing one in the barn for years and he is a little over 6 feet long now. I haven't seen him in the last couple of weeks to try to catch him so I guess I have to use alternative methods.

I don't have any ceramic eggs now but I heard putting a golf ball in the nest will do. Does anyone know if this is true or just a rumor?

Check this out:

Snake Visits Chicken Coop, Eats Golf Balls Instead of Eggs - YouTube

 

[ovrszd]

I'm kinda weird about all this. Just shoot the snake. Why make it die a horrible death. You ever been constipated???