Eating backwards?

Well my little girl got her first feed tonight since ive owned her (got her tuesday) took her about 30 seconds to come to it (gave her F/T) 30 seconds to look and strike and about 4 minutes to down it. Im very glad she took it so well.

When she took it, she downed it tail first. is that a big issue? i didnt want to intervene and try to spin it and risk stressing her and cause her to not take it. did I handle that properly or should i have done something different?

No it's not bad at all, it all goes to the same place lol. I have a few that notoriously eat backwards for whatever reason, it happens, don't worry ;)

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Originally Posted by LGray23

No it's not bad at all, it all goes to the same place lol. I have a few that notoriously eat backwards for whatever reason, it happens, don't worry ;)

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Awesome thank you! not to sounds like a total noob but it was really cool to watch! ive never witnessed it in person so it was a crazy experience.

Feeding is often people favorite part of owning snakes. I couldn't imagine eating something whole without any arms or legs, I think it's really cool how they are able to do it. Congrats on your new snake btw :gj:

Yeah...my male spider ball has ate backwards a few times...seems not to bother him!

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Feeding is often people favorite part of owning snakes. I couldn't imagine eating something whole without any arms or legs, I think it's really cool how they are able to do it. Congrats on your new snake btw :gj:

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Haha yea i think that would be awkward but they make it work! and id have to say handling and has been my favorite part, not gonna lie i grew up with guinea pigs so I kinda like little rodents so im not a HUGE fan of feeding them to her, but i understand its apart of life lol.

but thank you :] im so excited, ive got a little shadow right now because i finally told my 7 year old sister about her because i didnt want her to stress the snake out, but my sister is in love with her! shes been following me around alllllll day asking a million questions. its kind of funny the females in my house like the snake more then the males.

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Originally Posted by Johnny84

Yeah...my male spider ball has ate backwards a few times...seems not to bother him!

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hey if thats what their into then by all means, as long as it doesnt come back up for me to have to clean up! haha

I like rodents too, I feed f/t so it's not too bad for me since they are already dead by the time I get them. I had to feed live to one of my babies, after much trial and error she realized she only wanted live hopper mice. I attempted a live rat fuzzie, he survived the night in the tub with her, I didn't have the heart to kill him so I bottle fed him and raised him up, now he's my pet. I love him so much that I felt bad he was home alone while I was at work so I saved another feeder rat and now he has a friend. I'm suck a sucker. I feed live if I have to, but I don't enjoy it. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by LGray23

I like rodents too, I feed f/t so it's not too bad for me since they are already dead by the time I get them. I had to feed live to one of my babies, after much trial and error she realized she only wanted live hopper mice. I attempted a live rat fuzzie, he survived the night in the tub with her, I didn't have the heart to kill him so I bottle fed him and raised him up, now he's my pet. I love him so much that I felt bad he was home alone while I was at work so I saved another feeder rat and now he has a friend. I'm suck a sucker. I feed live if I have to, but I don't enjoy it. :rolleyes:

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Haha aww, thats cool though. yea people say just whack them on the wall or something. Im a wimp about that stuff hahaha. My friend had a big pet rat once named Socrates, he was awesome! kinda made me want one. i have a bad habit of naming things so if i tried live id probably name the rodent before gettin home from the pet store! haha

The guy I bought Lucky from told me if she didn't eat him then just freeze him alive in the freezer. That, obviously, was out of the question lol. I've fed live hopper mice to her before she finally took a scented f/t rat pup...I feel so horrible. They look up at me when I open the container as if to say "there is a god!!"...then POW....they're eaten :( lol

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Originally Posted by LGray23

The guy I bought Lucky from told me if she didn't eat him then just freeze him alive in the freezer. That, obviously, was out of the question lol. I've fed live hopper mice to her before she finally took a scented f/t rat pup...I feel so horrible. They look up at me when I open the container as if to say "there is a god!!"...then POW....they're eaten :( lol

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Lol I dont want to jinx it but im glad shes taking F/T so i dont have to worry about it. I told my mom i was going to get one and she was like, just get like a half a dozen and throw them in the freezer its cheaper and idc if there in there! haha so there they sit right next to my captain :] hahaha

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Originally Posted by BFT12890

Awesome thank you! not to sounds like a total noob but it was really cool to watch! Ive never witnessed it in person so it was a crazy experience.

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I remember exactly how I felt when I fed my first snake (a cornsnake) for the first time. It was one of the most mind blowing experiences I've ever had. I could sit and watch these things eat for hours.

Congrats on the good feeder, that's a nice fast response. Hopefully she will keep it up for you!

It's not a big deal at all. She will eventually learn how she is supposed to eat it, or she'll keep eating it like that. My spider was pretty dumb at first, he tried to eat the rat sideways every time and it took him 30 minutes to figure out how to swallow the dang thing.

Both my hatchling ate backwards once or twice. Longer with our normal I think they are just learning what the best approach is to downing them :)

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Originally Posted by eel588

I remember exactly how I felt when I fed my first snake (a cornsnake) for the first time. It was one of the most mind blowing experiences I've ever had. I could sit and watch these things eat for hours.

Congrats on the good feeder, that's a nice fast response. Hopefully she will keep it up for you!

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Haha, it really was fascinating! i mean i watch NATGEO and all those shows and have seen snakes eat on TV but life is just totally different, but thank you I hope so too. time will tell!

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

It's not a big deal at all. She will eventually learn how she is supposed to eat it, or she'll keep eating it like that. My spider was pretty dumb at first, he tried to eat the rat sideways every time and it took him 30 minutes to figure out how to swallow the dang thing.

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Haha, thankfully she didnt do that. when she struck she actually got the side of it, but she spun it around to get the end, but not the end i was hoping for, but it all went well and i havent seen it come up so no worries!

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Originally Posted by RestlessRobie

Both my hatchling ate backwards once or twice. Longer with our normal I think they are just learning what the best approach is to downing them :)

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very true! it deffinetly takes time.