Bp trying to eat rat without constricting it

My buddys bp decided to try and eat his live rat tail first without constricting it... needless to say I had to save the snake from the rat and thump it and toss it back in as prekilled never seen this happen before any suggestions why it happened?

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Mine eats all of his food with out constricting including rat pups, now that he is one weaned rats they are fresh killed and he still doesn't constrict.

sometimes I think they get lazy. I would just make it a point to pre kill it from now on. There are some stories out there about bad stuff happening with snakes swallowing something live. Now whether it is true or not????? But I like to err on the side of caution.

My male tried to constrict without striking once. He went off feed a week later, I think he was just getting lazy.

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Originally Posted by sarahlovesmiike

My male tried to constrict without striking once. He went off feed a week later, I think he was just getting lazy.

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Mine did the constrict without strike also, was weird but he has always been a finicky eater

Zeus is really finicky as well, he's a rescue. He was eating every week for about a month, and then he decided that was too much work for him I guess.

They are not the sharpest tacks in the bulletin board--that's probably the only real explanation, lol.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

They are not the sharpest tacks in the bulletin board--that's probably the only real explanation, lol.

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That's what I was thinking lol


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i fed my bp about a week ago a live large mouse and he constricted it killed it...left it alone..then came back to it and ate it without constricting.....never seen a bp eat without constricting first