Cake has taken his first meal as frozen thawed! WOOHOO.
He was on live mice from his breeder before too. I was expecting a bit of a tedious struggle to switch him to F/T… But I literally thawed, heated the mouse with a blow-dryer, stuck the mouse in with the zombie dance for about 20 seconds maximum, and he struck and coiled. I was so happy and proud. ;_;
Unfortunately, he started with the feet in his mouth… spit it back out. Sniffed the thing all over and then bit again, this time on the side… and spit it back out. Then decided to start swallowing from the OTHER side of the neck… he spit it out again. It took him about 20 minutes to figure out where the HEAD was, and he finally fed successfully.
Oh Cake, didn’t you learn anatomy in grade school?
Hoping his feeding response stays this strong for a long while, but is this biting in the wrong spot and spitting common in ball pythons? And what should I try if he loses interest in the mouse after spitting it out a few times (assuming this happens again)?
or is Cake just a derp herp.
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