Why is my snake such a moron?

[OtterGoRun]

Seriously, I have not ONCE seen him eat a mouse correctly. Sideways, backwards, ANYTHING but the right direction. He eventually figures it out, but after two years of eating, wouldn't you think he would learn? Sheesh, is this just typical ball behavior? My other snake does not have these issues.

[mpkeelee]

LOL...sorry but its kinda funny. as long as they get it down it doesnt matter. what are you feeding? if your feeding frozen thawed i would try heating up the head more than the rest and hopefully he will get it right

[DellaF]

Mine do it randomly. Doesn't bother me as long as they eat em

[OtterGoRun]

Yeah they eat f/t. Good idea with the head, maybe I'll try that. He always eats them like a champ, it just takes awhile for him to figure out how to get it in his mouth.

[seeya205]

Naturally, the head of a rodent is the warmest part of their body and the snake is attracted to that heat signature! Heat the head with a hair dyer for a couple seconds and then he will start eating them right!

[Cendalla]

Thanks for the laugh. I love the special ones

[SpottedBOA]

What kind of snake is it? I have a Spider and because of the wobble mine does the same thing. As long as he is eating i think he is fine. My Spider eats upside down all the time.

[MissDizzyBee]

I have to try and hold the mouse just right so Java will get ahold of it the right way. Even still, he sometimes grabs it sideways or backwards. It makes me laugh to see him trying to chew it around to a decent position.

[Highline Reptiles South]

I had one that took a long time to learn how to eat right....i assisted fed a bunch of times...probably shouldn't have but hated to waste the rats.

I changed a couple of things - fed at night or early evening when they are more active...use tongs to do the zombie dance face foward to induce a well aimed strike......

Then - i don't watch somehow the rat is gone. The more snakes i have the quicker i have to go through feeding and you just don't sweat it....

[mark and marley]

hahahahaha sideways what the fugazi?! fugazi is a weird band. ive seen mine eat a mouse backwards,it was horrorible to watch i felt so bad.it looked like a mouse was wearing a snake costume when Marley had it down to the head in her partially open mouth.since then i dip the head in the warm water an right before i offer.i dont think shes had anymore problems since then but then again most of the time she doesnt let me watch.