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| Eating elephants one bite at a time  |
I ask this question based on removing a rat snake from the chicken coop. We have porcelain eggs to help the hens know where to lay. In the event the snake ingested one or two (maybe even three) of these fake eggs, what happens to the snake? Will it pass them? Will it vomit them? Will it die due to blockage? Thanks, I tried Google, but my fu is weak. | ||
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Time to see the vet. Using my Google skills. Here is the link: http://mentalfloss.com/article...een-swallowed-snakes Additional video here: https://www.couriermail.com.au...a245ea693365788b3922 | |||
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| Eating elephants one bite at a time |
Lol, the fu got stronger once I posted (isn't that always the way?). It seems that it is possible to massage it back out if patience and persistence is used. The problem is, I didn't look for the missing porcelain eggs prior to capture and release, so I relocated the snake to the woods at the other side of the property. Here's to hoping the snake can self regurgitate. | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
Holy cow. Sort of an ouroborous in reverse? | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
Similar...one of the damnedest things I ever saw was a black snake that suffocated trying to ingest a full grown chicken head first in our chicken house when I was 9 or 10. Both of them. Deader n shit. Chicken stuck in snake’s throat. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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delicately calloused |
I'm not massaging a snake...... You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Blinded by the Sun  |
i heard you can go blind if you do ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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You better patent these porcelain eggs......Maybe you can sell them to the US government to put all over the everglades for the pythons! | |||
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Probably on a trip |
Sorry, I was thinking bigger.  This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector. Plato | |||
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| Page late and a dollar short |
Heimlich maneuver? -------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman) | |||
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| Too soon old, too late smart |
I can’t recall grandpa ever taking a snake caught in his henhouse to the vet. He usually just took care of the final arrangements. | |||
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Same with my farmer friends growing up in high school. There was always a great memorial for the snake caught in the hen house. Usually a one gun salute. | |||
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Hahaha.  ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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You have one less egg thief to worry about. | |||
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