Feeding behavior

[Smitty33]

Years ago with my boa when he got done constricting his prey he would immediately start swallowing it. Ive noticed with my new BP while he eats like a champ he will always drop the f/t fuzzy rat after constricting and kind of look around the tank a bit like he's checking for threats before going on with swallowing it. Always kind of worries me that he dropped it and wont eat it. Is this pretty normal for a BP?
I find it very cool how he figures out how to get and start at the head. Pretty impressive actually how he thinks it through and figures it out.

[Slaugbr1]

I would say 70% of the time mine go right from the coil to swallow. Sometimes though they will uncoil and look around like your talking about before regaining intrest

[Smitty33]

Yea I'm sure in the wild the process of swallowing their prey they are very vunerable to becoming prey themselves. He strikes like a freight train so it always kinda spooks me though when he drops it like that.

[Asherah]

I have several that eat immediately and others that take their time looking around. Probably just depends on the snake

[gameonpython]

My ball python rubs his face on the rat, strikes, coils, and begins swallowing.


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[blue roses]

My guy also strikes like a freight train, and constricts for at least 1 or 2 min. Then will drop it and look it over before taking it by the head and swallowing.
I thought that was odd, but he eats every time so i have no complaints as long as he eats.

[Sauzo]

My pied girl does that sometimes. My normal BCI girl does that pretty much every time she eats. Seems pretty normal.