They do eat porcupines, but some manage better than others. Often have quills sticking through them..perhaps this snake was trying porcupine for the first time.
I had a dog which got into a vendetta with a particular porcupine. He tried to attack the thing 4 or 5 times and inevitably showed up with quills in his neck. He wouldn’t let me touch him in that condition; fixing him always resulted in a veterinarian bill.
They do eat porcupines, but some manage better than others. Often have quills sticking through them..perhaps this snake was trying porcupine for the first time.
I had a dog which got into a vendetta with a particular porcupine. He tried to attack the thing 4 or 5 times and inevitably showed up with quills in his neck. He wouldn’t let me touch him in that condition; fixing him always resulted in a veterinarian bill.