My male BP is... well, I'm afraid he's dim.

I don't care if he eats his rats nose first, tail first, whatever. But when he grabs them by the middle and then just gives up when he can't get them down?

Holy cow.

Lucy will sometimes get a weird grab and have to work the rat around so she can take it head first (or on very rare occasion, tail first), but for Scales it's all or nothing. Either he nails it first try, or I have to offer the rat around 5 times before he'll actually get a decent bite on it.

I've tried just leaving him the heck alone with his rat, and that (excepting one occasion) results in a poor, wasted f/t rodent. It's only by offering repeatedly that we even have a snowball's chance of him eating.

He's gaining well, sheds are great, temps and humidity are spot on (90/80 60%+ humidity). So I guess I'm asking if this is this normal? Is his (apparent) lack of intelligence I sign I should never, ever, on pain of death consider breeding him?

Inquiring minds and all of that. Thanks, y'all