Mouse Eaten Backwards

[nightwolfsnow]

I'm a little bit freaked out. I realized Orochimaru was going to eat the mouse tail first so I grabbed onto it with the tongs. He wouldn't let go and rewrapped it. I was hoping he would realize his mistake after the second wrap, but he didn't. He instead continued eating it while coiled. I tried tapping on him and tugging at the mouse to get him to stop.I was worried that I was making things worse. I grabbed the scissors and chopped offf a back foot and a front foot. I couldn't get to the other two. Should I be worried. Its a small mouse 10 grams, and heks 203 grams. I was going to give him a second mouse. Should I still?

[pbyeerts]

Ginger used to do this - nothing to worry about. He'll realize as he gets older that head first is best.


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[Doggey75]

It shouldn't be no problem at all. My snakes have eaten it backwards plenty of times

[Spiritserpents]

Corn snakes do this all time without issue. I wouldn't worry.

[nightwolfsnow]

Okay, what a relief x.x. Thanks for replying so fast guys, I was panicking. I thought I read somewhere about a bp getting its intestines ripped from claws by eating prey backwards. Maybe it was a rat, not a mouse.

[Doggey75]

Neither. Where ever you heard that is pretty false. I've never heard of that ever happening with rats or mice.

[Drake Moonslayer]

My full size normal has taken medium rats backwards and has never had a problem as of yet. My P Het. Pied Female that I just bread for about a year only eat them backwards before realizing that they were going the wrong way. She has not had any problems at all and has yet to miss a meal other than when she was waiting to lay.

[pbyeerts]

We'll answer any BP question as quickly and accurately as we can . A concerned BP parent is a GOOD BP parent.....


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[gtrdeath87]

My Pewter eats most of her meals backwards. Actually why I named her Spork cause its not really a very effective fork or spoon (lousy eating utensil/snake that eats poorly) and silverware can be made from pewter.

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Yes its normal, except for you traumatizing your snake....................