Slow motion

How many times have you seen your snakes eat in slow motion? When I say this, I mean they lazily open their mouths wide, slowly...then they latch down onto the feeder and then lackadaisically wrap around it, "kills" it for all of 10 seconds then eats it.

I saw this for the first time with my new female motley boa about 3 weeks ago, I thought it was adorable...but a HUGE difference from my large male who's a tooth torpedo when feeding. But last night, I saw my 500 gram female normal do it as well. This was, of course, after a failed attempt to eating the first time. She struck, coiled, then dropped the rat into her water dish...then didn't want to go bobbing for rats, so I removed it and offered a different one. The second time was the slow-mo eating, and I couldn't help but crack up laughing. As if she wasted her energy with the first rat. I so wish I had a video camera so I could watch it over and over...

Have you ever witnessed a slow-motion feeding? :rofl:

My girl Eve has done it a few times before. She's so lazy! :rolleyes: My BP, however, goes INSANE when food is offered! He starts striking randomly as soon as I show it to him. He hasn't missed a meal in almost a year now. Crazy little guy.

Speaking of feeding... it's time to feed the kids!!! :D

My Baloo strikes hard but then constricts it for several minutes before eating. This cracks me up considering it's already dead. What I find weird, however, is that she stretches her upper body like 6-8" into the air while eating. The funniest thing I've seen her do is cuddle with the prey rather then eat it. lmao

Typically my bp, Jackson, strikes hard and fast, then constricts for a minute or two before moving to swallow (we feed f/t), but a couple of weeks ago he just... didn't bother with the whole "kill the dead thing" routine. I must have spent 5 minutes doing the dead-rat-dance trying to get him to strike before I let off and just let him smell it, which he seemed quite keen on doing. Much to my surprise, he just lazily opened his maw and started swallowing.

Had a Normal that did that when he was on mice, but once he moved to rats he started hitting them like a truck...might have been a difference in size or smell, not sure.

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Originally Posted by enchantress62

What I find weird, however, is that she stretches her upper body like 6-8" into the air while eating.

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Mine did that Last week on a Mouse fuzzy... As if to help it slide down he gullet haha

I haven't seen that. That's too funny. These guys always keep us entertained!

Yup my normal has done it a couple times. Lazy sob