eating backwards?

my ball just had his second meal... but he swallowed it backwards... is that normal or shuld i worry

My ball python brings his food into his hide, and he sometimes drags them backwards, too. Don't worry, I think every snake has its own 'style'.

Not a problem. Technically, they're "supposed" to eat head-first, but I know plenty do eat backwards, and it is perfectly fine.

It won't hurt anything but I find it is mostly when you feed them a rather small prey item that they do this.

Only worry is when they eat it sideways, my friends snake ate a mouse sideways and regurgitated it later that day

I agree, forwards or backwards is ok, but if it is sideways then you have a huge problem lol, but a few of my snakes have eaten it backwards before, nothing to worry about.

hi,

we also have some snakes who eat backwards, and even one, our hognose who eats sideways sometimes :-)