Are all balls drama queens when it comes to feeding?

I've had my ball for quite awhile now, and I cannot seem to get over how he acts like it's extremely hard to swallow his prey. He'll get it halfway down and then straighten himself up in the air and get higher and higher, until it's finally down. I just find it amusing, and wanted to know if there were many out there like him, or is he just being dramatic because he -can-? No. This isn't really an important question, at all. Simply something I was curious about.

He is eating the same thing as my corn snake (1 f/t properly sized rat pup per week), and my corn is so enthusiastic when it's feeding time, his prey is gone in the blink of an eye!

It sure looks like a lot of work, doesn't it? Lol! Gomez certainly has more fun making sure his rat is dead and works harder at getting it down than my colubrids, must be that skinny neck/big head ratio. ;)

They all do that - I was a bit worried the first time I saw my BP eat when he was little - it was like :ohmygod: is she gonna choke on that thing?

My male had this habbit of taking the smaller mice and rats sideways and will fight with it for about 20 min. then he gets all shaky right when he goes to finish it off. it almost looks as if he has worked him self to the point of musscule(sp?) failure. then he lays with his head sideways for another 5 min. then he is fine. I think he is a major Drama King when it comes to his feedings. Lady on the other hand will try and eat my kitten if I let her. she has this "big snake" complex. she thinks she is bigger than she really is.

my male Monty finds it necesary to play with his food before he eats it. hell bite it several times coil around it for a while to make sure its dead even though its f/t and then hell drag it around to find his favorite spot to swallow it.

not sure on the drama queen thing, but if you tried to eat a sub with no hands, you would find that extrememly hard to do:O :chew:



vaughn

all in one piece!

u took the words right out of my mout LOL

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Originally Posted by kavmon

not sure on the drama queen thing, but if you tried to eat a sub with no hands, you would find that extrememly hard to do:O :chew:



vaughn

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Rats are yummy!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...tingDinDin.jpg

Oh yes they are!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...alfeeding2.jpg

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Originally Posted by snakedude56

my male Monty finds it necesary to play with his food before he eats it. hell bite it several times coil around it for a while to make sure its dead even though its f/t and then hell drag it around to find his favorite spot to swallow it.

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Mine will do that too, then as he's finishing it up he'll stick is front portion up and swallow it. I thought this was normal though.

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Originally Posted by kavmon

not sure on the drama queen thing, but if you tried to eat a sub with no hands, you would find that extrememly hard to do:O :chew:



vaughn

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I see a contest for Daytona!

Nice to know my Nagash is not alone in this.

I've thought about swallowing things with no hands, too, if humans were capable of doing so, and I would probably be MUCH more dramatic than he is! I know it's an effort, I was just really impressed with how easy it seems for the corn to swallow prey and still be hungry, but the ball is slow and when he's finally done, he looks at me as if to say, "Whew! What a workout! Put me back in my home, I need sleep!"

Ya know, handless sub swallowing really IS a good idea for a contest, haha! I'll have to agree with that.

And the feeding pics... :D Nice snake.

I'm sure it is done because the rodent offered is usually furry and not exactly lubricated for an easy swallow.... unless it's ft and been sitting in hot water!

But I don't think I want my sub to be sitting in hot water for 30 mins or more.... LOL

I think soaking a sub in water for 30 min or more would make it really easy to swollow, it'd be in pieces by then.

My ball always makes a BIG deal out of the last few bits of the mouse. He'll raise up really high and start to tip one way, then the other, and fall over, and then try and get back up...it was really scary the first time I saw him - I thought he was choking.

But what I was going to say (before all that), I think hands or no hands they're drama queens with just about everything.

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Originally Posted by Sputnik

I'm sure it is done because the rodent offered is usually furry and not exactly lubricated for an easy swallow.... unless it's ft and been sitting in hot water!

But I don't think I want my sub to be sitting in hot water for 30 mins or more.... LOL

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I want my sub nice and cold... NO MAYO! I'm sure I can do it, I've been known to eat food without hands or feet. :D

Edit: Another thing, try walking around without hands or feet. ;)