is it possible? we have 2 guinea pigs that are going into their 5th year so have seen their share of carpet snakes around their cage. The rain forest we live in, as a large amount of carpet snakes, whip snakes, brown snakes etc, which we only relocate across our creek system to a large empty field. Over the past few months we have noticed a new smaller in size, (still 2 meters long but very skinny) carpet snake living in the bushes and rocks near our guinea pig cage. Yesterday when we came home, the snake had made it's way into the cage, through the only way we can see, a small mouse tunnel that had dug under to eat the corn, lettuce and seeds we feed them daily.I went in to lift out the snake, as the guinea pigs were happily eating away, to notice the snake was dead? we don't use poisons or anything like that around here, due to all of the birds, snakes, lizards etc, and from everything I can read about, it is always the other way round. has anyone else heard of this? we have had the odd mouse go into the cage, but they have been found in the same state as the snake.