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Old 29-Mar-07, 06:10 PM
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Yes, absolutely. Snakes will rarely consider the size of the prey, the just pick up the scent and thats enough for them to go into feeding mode and swallow whatevers presented to them.

If the prey is definately too big for the snake then they usually regurgitate the meal half way through swallowing it. There are also cases where the snake manages to swallow the meal but then half an hour later or even several hours later they regurgitate the meal as it's just too big for them to hold down.

For a snake that's 1m long i would be giving it fully grown adult mice or young rats. Prey sizes that create a reasonable bulge in the snakes gut.
 
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