bad feeding

[pascofishboy]

She just finished her shed. I placed the rat in cage she quickly went after it grabing it in the rear instead of front like she normally does she started to swallow it backwards it is taking a long time been over 45 min now it is going down slowly I have wanted to intervein a few times but figured she will spit it if needed. My question is can they eat this way with no problems if not how would I fix this

[Amon Ra Reptiles]

I have had several do this without a problem other than it takes forever to get down. It's not ideal of course but no too serious either I wouldn't worry about it.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

It's happens more often with younger animals but it also happen with adults nothing to be concern about it will just take you BP longer to get through it's meal

[Monster Dodge]

Dont intervine. If something was not right she would just regurge.

[SlitherinSisters]

Like Deborah said, the youngsters are usually the ones that mess things up. They are terrible killers/eaters compared to adults. I hate how long it takes them to kill the little ratties! They will get much more efficient with age (usually). It is a little scary when they eat backwards and it takes forever, so I understand your concern. After my female laid and I started feeding her again (she stopped from February to July) the second time I fed her she didn't even constrict the live rat, she just started eating it! I was freaking out! It was a young rat because I didn't want to shock her system so it didn't have a lot of strength to hurt her thank heavens. She did realize it was still alive after she had it's head completely in her mouth, she let go, and constricted it. It was crazy! After that, I'm not sure anything will scare me, they know what to do whether it takes them a few seconds or a several minutes to realize it.