Quote Originally Posted by DVirginiana View Post
Not that my BP will take a f/t rat regardless of where I hold it, but... Holding it by the back of the neck will make the heat signature look more like a live mouse than the weird vertical posture it'd have being dangled upside down.
You wouldn't think that'd make a huge difference, but I have a couple snakes (non-BP) that have to have food offered held behind the neck. If they can't figure out where the head is supposed to be, they just freak out and refuse to eat.
I also agree with this theory ... The way I look at it the lower to the ground the prey item is the more likely the snake is to be less intimidated by it .... For instance a med rat on all four legs is maybe 3 inches tall, to where if the rat is doing a headstand it is somewhere around 6 to 7 inches tall (more intimidating to some snakes) .... This is not always the case as some are more timid than others .. I have some snakes that I can barely get the f/t in the tub before the snake snatches it ... Just a way I look at it, every snake is different