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Just wondering how Tortoises do with snakes ? I have some from time to time but not a lot.
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Jack
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Jack
Adorable little guy.
It's my understanding from reading different sources, that snakes live in tortoise burrows. They co-exist peacefully.Rattlesnakes, with some exceptions, are rodent feeders, hence the heat pits. Some species that live in wetlands will also include frogs. Baby rattlers may include lizards, which the smaller species of rattler being more prone to lizard eating. Western rattlesnake species do not eat tortoises. Will a rattler bite a tortoise that walks right on top of it? Can't say for sure that it will never happen, but based on my experience with rattlesnakes, it is not very likely. All depends on the "mood" of the snake, the individual personality, etc. I once went to a house to remove 3 rattlesnakes, and they had 2 rattlesnakes and 1 harmless gopher snake in a plastic bin. The gopher snake was crawling over the rattlers, who did nothing. I released all. I have a few other stories like that, where a rattlesnake was in the vicinity of another reptile with no interaction. I have even seen a rattlesnake coiled under a board in the field next to a king snake that was coiled under the same board.