Feeding question from a newbie

[SllimG]

First post here but been lurking for a while. I am new to BP's and have been reading and trying to learn as much as I can. This is probably a stupid question, but I am curious and a little concerned. I have a 600 gram female pinstripe and a 150 gram normal. Both have been feeding very good on F/T rats. The young normal quit eating when he went into pre-shed (first shed since I've had him). Today his eyes cleared up and he was cruising around like he was hungry. Hasn't actually lost his skin yet, but I decided to feed him anyway. When I presented the rat, he took his time smelling of it and then very slowly nudged at the rats head, slowly opened his mouth, and started to take it in and swallow it. There was no aggressive strike, no coiling around it, etc. I was jiggling it to simulate movement but he wasn't aggressive at all. Both of my snakes have always "attacked" their meals. Is this unusual or is he sick? Maybe not yet seeing very well?

[ViperSRT3g]

That probably means it's a smart snake and knows its no threat to him. Some snakes slowly begin to do this. The last time mine ate (Was a little over a month ago) he did almost the same thing. He half coiled around it and only tightened down to hold his food in place to swallow it. I'm fairly sure they will strike as usual if they were presented live prey. Nothing to worry about lol, but at least you can say you have a puppy dog tame snake.

[SllimG]

That probably means it's a smart snake and knows its no threat to him. Some snakes slowly begin to do this. The last time mine ate (Was a little over a month ago) he did almost the same thing. He half coiled around it and only tightened down to hold his food in place to swallow it. I'm fairly sure they will strike as usual if they were presented live prey. Nothing to worry about lol, but at least you can say you have a puppy dog tame snake.

lol. I won't quit using the feeding tongs just yet.

[BrandyL1193]

Mine did that the first time offering a rat instead of a mouse......and did it again to the second rat fuzzy I offered yesterday.

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