Ball python feeding

[Joosway]

So I just got a male het 66% caramel normal ball python hatchling and today was the first feeding it was going great but I realized that he ate the hopper butt first. Is this normal I thought it suppose to east head first?

[pigfat]

Its not normal, but it's nothing to worry about. Lots of people on here have snakes that eat butt first. As long as he is eating it, it shouldn't be a problem.

[SlitherinSisters]

They typically eat them head first, but it's nothing to worry about if they eat it backwards. My spider was a bit...slow, to put it nicely, and it took him at least half an hour to figure out that he couldn't eat a prey item sideways He did that for about a year, maybe longer, not too bright...