Brongersmai female very delicate eater / is this common?

[carpet]

I have a pair of Brongersmai long enough for two feedings. The male hits the food hard, but she has proven to be very delicate. The first feeding, she grabbed fuzzy rat out of the tongs without lunging and did not constrict, just started eating. The second feeding she was scared of it a few attempts to stimulate a response, not showing interest until I set it on the floor in front of her. Then she went around and started to eat, no constriction.
Anyone have a take on this? Is it a good or a bad sign? I was thinking good, because she might be really mellow as an adult.

[KMG]

My big Blood is usually easy on food and just starts slowly eating. Every once and a while she will slam it though.

My younger ones are still pretty aggressive.

[frostysBP]

I have the same experience with my two retics. Male nails anything and she just eats it.. Just one of those things

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[GoingPostal]

I don't know how much difference it makes personality wise, my sstp hits food hard and always been a great eager eater and the calmest of my short tails. My blood is hit or miss, rarely grabs off tongs and doesn't constrict and is hissy but ok to handle. My new baby borneos the female grabs her meals immediately, the male is a poor eater and currently only taking live, he's tagged me a bunch and super jumpy, female is always looking for a meal but ok when handled.

[carpet]

I don't know how much difference it makes personality wise, my sstp hits food hard and always been a great eager eater and the calmest of my short tails. My blood is hit or miss, rarely grabs off tongs and doesn't constrict and is hissy but ok to handle. My new baby borneos the female grabs her meals immediately, the male is a poor eater and currently only taking live, he's tagged me a bunch and super jumpy, female is always looking for a meal but ok when handled.

The only thing is I think my female might be scared of live. She hardly hisses when I pick her up and moving the thawed she will retract. That is a bit different from being picky.

Sounds like nothing to worry about based on the comments. I was worried this might be a sign of health issues.

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[aahmn]

Eh. It's not a problem. I have a couple that are very casual eaters. They have been off and on for 12+ years. I'm totally fine with that. My SSTs, on the other hand, have always been very aggressive feeders. It makes me wonder if brongersmai possibly evolved to do some scavenging in the wild... I often hear of similar feeding responses with these 2 species.

[carpet]

It makes me wonder if brongersmai possibly evolved to do some scavenging in the wild...

When it happened, it reminded me more of how monitors (true scavenging species) have fed in my past experiences. I could probably test by leaving the food a bit further and see if they do the same.