Eating

i do feed live food. sorry! but i guess that is just my personal preference. i know people have their doubts on live feeding. but i thought it was weird that mine tried to eat it like 4 different times and then he finally ate in backwards!

you should see it when they try to eat it from the middle:rofl:

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Originally Posted by mattramsfan

i do feed live food. sorry! but i guess that is just my personal preference. i know people have their doubts on live feeding. but i thought it was weird that mine tried to eat it like 4 different times and then he finally ate in backwards!

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there is absolutely no issue with live feeding as long as its done correctly. I feed live, so do my family members with BP's

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Originally Posted by nixer

you should see it when they try to eat it from the middle:rofl:

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my b p did this with a fuzzie, swallowed the thing the whole way cockeyed as as could be. took him forever but he got it.

well i put it in a different cage when we feed. and only let the rat stay only for 30 minutes or so... but he always eats in like 3 minutes.

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Originally Posted by mattramsfan

well i put it in a different cage when we feed. and only let the rat stay only for 30 minutes or so... but he always eats in like 3 minutes.

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There is really no need to feed into a seperate container. The risks really outweigh the benefits.

I hope you don't leave the rat unattended! There is nothing wrong with feeding live, I have done it before, but prefer F/T because it is more convenient (ex: I don't have to go out and get live feeders, I just freeze a bunch). Just make sure you keep an eye on that rat while it is with your BP, don't want any nasty bites.

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Originally Posted by Kevin_Hornby

Is it normal for a ball python to try and eat its mice tail first? We have 1 that is bound and determined to eat a mouse tail first.

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when I first got my girl she too tried to eat her mouse backward so when she released it after gnawing on its butt I turned it around with by the tail and she bit the head and that was it.

yes i watch my snake very closely. and i do not leave the room until the mouse is dead. once it is dead i go what i need to do for bout 20 min and come back and he is done. sooo he is always being watched when he eats

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Originally Posted by Kevin_Hornby

That's the problem though, she tries it tail first and can't get it in so she gives up and goes somewhere else.

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What I'm saying is, she'll figure it out before she starves...trust me.

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Originally Posted by mattramsfan

i do feed live food. sorry! but i guess that is just my personal preference. i know people have their doubts on live feeding. but i thought it was weird that mine tried to eat it like 4 different times and then he finally ate in backwards!

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No worries with feeding live. The best thing to feed is what your BP will eat, be it live, F/T, mice, rats, gerbils, or new born puppies....ok, not puppies, but you get my point.

haha. ya i get the point. well for right now he seems to love the live stuff. he has never hesitated to eat a meal when we have offered it the first time. he always eats. i am actually surprised because everyone says how there snakes a really picky eaters. i have never had a problem.