eating backwards?

[didiobg88]

my ball just had his second meal... but he swallowed it backwards... is that normal or shuld i worry

[RR - Mackenzie]

My ball python brings his food into his hide, and he sometimes drags them backwards, too. Don't worry, I think every snake has its own 'style'.

[Crazy4Herps]

Not a problem. Technically, they're "supposed" to eat head-first, but I know plenty do eat backwards, and it is perfectly fine.

[snakesRkewl]

It won't hurt anything but I find it is mostly when you feed them a rather small prey item that they do this.

[Nagini88]

Only worry is when they eat it sideways, my friends snake ate a mouse sideways and regurgitated it later that day

[DJ_Bizarre]

I agree, forwards or backwards is ok, but if it is sideways then you have a huge problem lol, but a few of my snakes have eaten it backwards before, nothing to worry about.

[JNballs]

hi,

we also have some snakes who eat backwards, and even one, our hognose who eats sideways sometimes :-)