Feeding fail!

Just thought this was a funny picture... Johnny the Spotted Python, having a feeding fail earlier tonight. :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/P1050220.jpg

And a random feeding photo of Toby the pastel BP... he ate one butt-first right before this, LOL.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/P1050228.jpg

Great pics! My poor boy missed a F/T hopper a couple weeks ago and refused to eat it. I guess grabbing its paw freaked him out a bit. Of course he didn't mind getting a few scratches from a live hopper while in shed the next week and almost never misses when hitting live prey!

Mine had a feeding fail a few weeks ago. When I tried to get him out of his tank he refused to unwrap from his "perch" I had in there for a little while, so I put him in his feeding container along with the perch he held onto. When I dangled the f/t in the container he turned around and struck so quick he bit the perch instead! Luckily he immediately struck and ate the mouse though. :) Overly anxious!

I guess we can't claim they're the smartest animals in the world... LOL. :D I have many "feeding fail" stories from my collection, which makes me wonder how they make it in the wild! The funniest was when my granite corn (who's a MAJOR pig) was in full blue, but I offered a f/t hopper mouse anyway - he immediately started bumping around like a blind man, and then proceeded to strike at the tongs. Took him a good 2-3 tries before getting the mouse, and I really wish I'd gotten that on camera. :P

I have a female western hog that trys to eat it food from the side, does it pretty often.

One of my BP's, Nergal, kept missing his mouse the other day. He struck air three times, then a nearby trash bag, and after I got his teeth out of that he bit me, missed again, finally got it. :rofl:

My IJ carpet did that last week...I watched her chew on the tail for a good 15-20 minutes before I tried to assist her, at which time she just struck wildly at me...she was on her own after that!!!lol
She did eventually get it down though.