Post Your Butt Eaters!

the other day, FTS posted a vid of her Ratsnake eating it's prey butt first. i always kinda find it funny when they do this although it can be a struggle for the snake. do u have your own pix or vids of your snake or pet and animal eating it's prey backwards? from the it's rear quarters aka butt first? i think it would be fun if we posted our butt eaters.

this happens sometimes w/ my animals, but i've only captured it on camera only once. this is Glinda my Albino from when she was just a baby eating butt first. it was just a fuzzy so she didn't really struggle eating butt first.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/12lepab.jpg

i hope u post your butt eaters too.

:)

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Originally Posted by Ax01

the other day, FTS posted a vid of her Ratsnake eating it's prey butt first. i always kinda find it funny when they do this although it can be a struggle for the snake. do u have your own pix or vids of your snake or pet and animal eating it's prey backwards? from the it's rear quarters aka butt first? i think it would be fun if we posted our butt eaters.

this happens sometimes w/ my animals, but i've only captured it on camera only once. this is Glinda my Albino from when she was just a baby eating butt first. it was just a fuzzy so she didn't really struggle eating butt first.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/12lepab.jpg

i hope u post your butt eaters too.

:)

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I don't have any pictures of what I'm about to explain, but one of my ball pythons has done this twice. Instead of eating his rat head first, or butt first, he swallowed it mid-torso and made a rat "taco" with head and butt meeting at the final moment. I had a boa do the same thing many years ago, too.

Here's a video of my ratsnake eating it tail first in 2 minutes!

https://youtu.be/fB-KlM35NWI

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Originally Posted by Skeptiball

I don't have any pictures of what I'm about to explain, but one of my ball pythons has done this twice. Instead of eating his rat head first, or butt first, he swallowed it mid-torso and made a rat "taco" with head and butt meeting at the final moment. I had a boa do the same thing many years ago, too.

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oh my Elpaba has done that before: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...=1#post2520956

they can be such derpy herps lol.

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Originally Posted by Ax01

oh my Elpaba has done that before: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...=1#post2520956

they can be such derpy herps lol.

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That's for sure! Mine has also tried sideways but didn't succeed...just made the rat explode everywhere trying....so gross!!

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I'd join in but my little Crowley has only ever eaten head first. :P

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Originally Posted by Valyndris

I'd join in but my little Crowley has only ever eaten head first. :P

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That's a good little snakey! :chew:

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Originally Posted by Skeptiball

I don't have any pictures of what I'm about to explain, but one of my ball pythons has done this twice. Instead of eating his rat head first, or butt first, he swallowed it mid-torso and made a rat "taco" with head and butt meeting at the final moment. I had a boa do the same thing many years ago, too.

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I had a big ball python try to do the insane sideways swallowing truck, but she gave up eventually and switched to the head. She has some brains. Lol

It’s an interesting post. Out of the four males I’ve been keeping (two 2014, two 2016). I’ve noticed a little more butt eating or sideways attempts then when I kept BBC and BCI or dumerils. I wonder if this is more common among ball pythons?

One time or another my BP, Olive, 2 Boas, and 5 Carpets have been butt munchers before. Though not common for these guys, it’s not uncommon either.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c02994e33a.jpg

Butch, before switching to F/T.

I think snakes with larger (wider) heads are prone to pushing their swallowing talents as far as they'll go. When I kept rattlesnakes, they were pretty
good at eating rodent "tacos" & butt-first rodents. They do it simply because they can. Still makes me laugh though...

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Originally Posted by Reinz

One time or another my BP, Olive, 2 Boas, and 5 Carpets have been butt munchers before. Though not common for these guys, it’s not uncommon either.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...c02994e33a.jpg

Butch, before switching to F/T.

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Maybe I’m just so old I can’t remember, lol. But the balls do seem fond of it. Thanks Buddy!

I gotta feed three of my boys tonight, maybe I gotta have my phone’s camera ready, lol.

Well I guess Creamscicle my Corn snake gets to join the club butt eater club :O.

I have always fed him by hand (dont use tongs) as he is very accurate and as long as I don't move he hits the mouse head on, go to feed him Friday

thought his head was in one parts of his tube Nope, he smells mouse comes out of the other end behind my hand, I jump drop the mouse and he nails it

hind end first before I can even react. Doesn't phase him a bit, grab it and eat it tail end first and go about his business :D.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...=w1163-h654-no

My Jake hasn't eaten one butt first yet but he spent about 15 or 20 minutes trying to eat one from the middle before he finally let go and sniffed around it for another 10 minutes before he finally figured out where the head was lol.

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