What do snakes eat? Knowing what snakes eat can be important, because it can help you keep them away from your home.
It’s important to know that all snakes are carnivores, which means that they are meat eaters. There are not any herbivore / plant eating snakes.
A snakes diet depends on how big they are. Naturally, small snakes will eat small animals, and large snakes will eat large animals. The smallest snakes out there typically eat insects. On the other end of the spectrum, we have massive snakes, such as the African Rock Python, which are fully capable of and have been known to eat deer and alligators. Most snakes are not that large though, meaning that the most commonly consumed animals are small animals and rodents. Small animals are usually consumed whole without much effort. Large animals are usually injected with venom, or crushed by the snake before being eaten.
So how will knowing what snakes eat keep them from your property? Snakes eat rodents. Rodents eat insects. Snakes also eat insects. See the progression? If you have an insect problem around your home, you are more likely to have a rodent problem, which will also make you more likely to have a snake problem. If you have an insect problem, seek out the services of a professional pest control company to greatly reduce the insect population, which will in turn likely reduce your rodent problem, etc. Insects, rodents, and snakes can also possibly be controlled on your own by eliminating various conducive conditions that may exist.
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