Quote Originally Posted by stevenrudge View Post
l lost a male Mexican gopher snake through this,l put him in for mating trials gave each one their food at separate ends of their viv with each one coiled round their food ,went back an hour latter to see the female had 3/4s eaten the male,l pulled the male out but its died as a dodo
gopher snakes are constrictors. its likely that male was dead or dying before swallowing began. luckily, garters just grab and swallow.

i never feed snakes unattended anyway, even when kept singly.

good save.