Who Do Rat Snakes Eat?

Feeding. Black rat snakes mostly eat small rodents, such as mice, rats, moles and chipmunks. They are also known to feed on small lizards, frogs and bird eggs. They kill their prey by constriction, which means the snake coils its body around the prey and holds on until the prey suffocates to death.

Can rat snakes hurt you?

Like nearly all colubrids, rat snakes pose no threat to humans. Rat snakes were long believed to be completely nonvenomous, but recent studies have shown that some Old World species do possess small amounts of venom, though the amount is negligible relative to humans.

Do rat snakes only eat rats?

While Rat snakes will eat almost anything that is small enough to catch, rat snakes mainly feed on rodents, amphibians, fish, birds, eggs and other small mammals; and do have a food preference according to their sub-species and location.