My lemon pastel ball python weighs in around 650grams and i fed him the other day with a 100gram medium rat. Usually how my bp eats is that he only strikes and constricts the rodent using around 1/3 of his body. This time he struck the rodent and fully wrapped his entire body around the rodent. It was intense to watch.

Next thing i hear is teeth biting/gnawing but i cant see whats going on because the snake is fully wrapped around the rodent. At this point I'm thinking the rat is biting away at my bp. I take my tongs to grab the rats tail and try to wiggle him around so that he can be distracted and this is what i came to see.


I know the risks of feeding live, but i have tried feeding PK and frozen/thawed but he just wont eat. He only eats live. Any suggestions?