eating mouse tail first

My guy on occasion would eat tail first.. But lately,no matter where he has the mouse from,he always releases it and makes sure he starts from the head,guess he is learning himself. He also is a baby,about 3 months old.. He is pretty smart,Sweet and eats like a pig

My young (2 mo.) female bp has taken 2 of her last 3 meals from the back, I think purely because she hits it wrong initially--like in the middle of the rat--and doesn't know enough to adjust. It's also probably my fault more than anything, as that only happens when I accidentally drop the rat and she grabs it before I can pick it back up and offer it properly.

Doesn't seem to have caused any ill effect. At least rats don't have scales that would injure her to go backwards.

just an update here, last weekend he ate without much problems, head first and all. last night he took about 30 minutes to eat. he was just laying on the mouse and pushing it around. he has never constricted a mouse since ive had him just picked it up and swallowed it. last night he had it near the head but dropped it and ate it tail first again. he looks really unsure to what hes doing.

Males enjoy a little tail!

He's learning. As babies even though they are snakes they have to learn. My girl as a baby would eat every other prey by the tail. She would even sling it against the sides of her feeding tub. Don't ask me why. She hasn't done either of those things since she was about 8 months old and I got her on hopper rats. She evidently just liked to play with her food a bit. I JUST got her back from people that weren't caring for her properly and have to start getting her back up to a proper food size. So yeah he's just learning and will get it eventually. Ive seen some adults that still ate tail first at 5 yrs.