While I have never heard of ball pythons eating eggs and I doubt that eggs are a part of their natural diet, if one were to take an egg it wouldn't surprise me terribly much. Most snakes are opportunistic feeders in the wild and those that are known to take birds may also take eggs (especially ones in the nest that still smell like the birds that have been sitting on them.) Several North American rats snakes and gopher snakes have been known to take eggs readily. I know of one person who obtained a wild caught black rat snake that regurgitated a pile of eggs. He incubated the eggs and hatched out several baby musk turtles.
Mark
04-09-2007, 04:53 PM
Pork Chops N' Corn Bread
Re: feeding eggs
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Originally Posted by Sausage
I can't imagine that it spits it out. :confused: I know that you can feed chickens egg shells because of the nutrients. I'd imagine that the snake would digest it just fine.
The egg eating snakes of Africa swallow the egg, break the shell, and regurgitate it back up while keeping the innards of the egg down
04-09-2007, 07:07 PM
VesuviusVicki
Re: feeding eggs
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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread
The egg eating snakes of Africa swallow the egg, break the shell, and regurgitate it back up while keeping the innards of the egg down
Ha! My 7 year old just told me that today. I argued about the regurgitating part. Guess he was right. :P
