Quick, simple feeding question.

I've noticed some weird behavior from one of my ball pythons. He eats F/T prey, and after he "kills" it and starts to swallow, he will roll onto his back. He'll stay this way until the meal has completely gone down, and will eventually roll back over at his leisure.

It scared me the first time I saw it. I thought something had gone horribly wrong, so I opened the tub to check on him, but he reacted normally to me. He does this every time he eats. Why in the heck is that? The others will sometimes stretch out and up to help it go down, but going completely belly up from head to toe is just too weird...

only thing i can think of is since tubs are not real tall the snake is trying to get a better angle.all of mine raise up the last couple swallows to help it down.i dunno,just a thought

that's kinda funny, try to take a pic of it in action. as long as it gets the rat down, i wouldn't worry.

mine has rolled on its back one time but not the entire process just until he rolled back over normally, and my ball always raises up towards the end i guess to help aiding the mouse going down too...