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Originally Posted by jjhill001
I thought King Ratsnakes were just regular ratsnakes, unrelated to the snake eating Kingsnakes of North America.
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You are quite right, they are not related. The king ratsnake is in the genus Elaphe (Elaphe carinata) whereas your kingsnakes and milksnakes are in the Genus Lampropeltis. Nonetheless the main prey of king ratsnakes in nature are other snakes and lizards, rodents, birds and their eggs are eaten only occasionally.
If I remember correctly there was a report of some research in China where they examined the stomach content of fresh caught snakes. What they found was a variety of different snake species and some cases of cannibalism where a king ratsnake had eaten a smaller snake of the same species.
From what I read it might be possible to keep a pair of them together, but only if both snakes are of similar size, but even than I would seriously consider to keep them separately.
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