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05-Sep-06, 10:20 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Rockingham Wa Age/Gender: 27  | | | Snakes and Eggs, not snake eggs
Just got home from work, and jumped straight on here, realised soon after that i smell like egg. not surprising 'cause thats what i work with. Anyway... i know some snakes eat eggs out of bird nests and was wonering which ones? would it be ok to feed a snake the occasional egg?
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05-Sep-06, 10:53 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | | RE: Snakes and Eggs, not snake eggs
It could get messy if they tried to "kill" it first 
I think I heard somewhere that a bit of egg can be good for something refusing food if they're still drinking water, take the water away and give them egg instead.
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05-Sep-06, 11:32 AM
|  | Sdaji Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Victoria | | | | RE: Snakes and Eggs, not snake eggs
Mmmm eggs. This Death Adder tried to kill the egg before eating it. I'm not sure how much venom went in or whether or not the egg died  
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05-Sep-06, 12:08 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | RE: Snakes and Eggs, not snake eggs
I fed my Water pythons fresh chicken eggs once.
You'll notice I say once.
What comes out the other end is runny, yellow and smells like the worst rotten egg fart you've ever smelt!
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05-Sep-06, 12:26 PM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: May-04 Location: Melbourne | | | | RE: Snakes and Eggs, not snake eggs
Egg eating snakes tend to be small and eat small eggs. I believe most have a bony structure inside their mouths with which to crack the egg. The contents of the egg are swallowed and the shell spat out.
I would image that if you evolved to eat eggs you would be able to digest them effieciently and what comes out the other end would not be overly arromatic.
I have heard of Australian snakes (eg taipans) in captivity eating the eggs of their cage mate as they are being laid. I am pretty sure however that you are talking of chicken eggs and not reptile eggs.
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