I fed both of my males last night and it took them both forever to eat their prey items. The prey was not to big or anything like that. It took them both over an hour to find the head and swallow their meals. I have never had this problem before. My big male normal took down a medium sized mouse since he is strictly a live mouse eater only. My little male normal takes f/t small rats, so glad that he doesn't eat live and that he actually eats rats.