Is it safe to feed a sick or poisoned snake to my king cobra?

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Have a corpse of the snake who have died because of poisoning. Thinking about to boil it and feed to king cobra. Is it dangerous for a king kobra? Is it any risk that it gonna be poisoned too? And if the snake have died by the reason of sick , may I use it to feed cobra without care? Pet's info: Reptile | Other Snake

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

Hi there. If the snake died due to illness or poisoning, I would not recommend feeding it to another snake, as there is definitely a risk of the second snake being poisoned or contracting the illness if you do this.

Is it safe to feed a sick or poisoned snake to my king cobra?

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