I've got four other BPs (3 I got as a hatchling and 1 as a juvenile) and none of them have any trouble feeding and are currently pounding F/T rats. Technically, the spider doesn't has any issues feeding either (more about this in a sec).

I got her as a tiny 80 gram baby back in June, since then she has fed a number of times and moved from mice to rats without any problem. Now, the issue is... she's crazy about food (and being a spider, she does get very wobbly when there's food around): she strikes, coils, etc. BUT, if she doesn't get the right angle to swallow the rat in one go, she'll drop it and continue "hunting" for it. Only she just won't touch the rat again, even if she's laying right on top of it.

Every other snake of mine will detach from the rat (or whatever they're being fed) if the angle isn't right, position themselves and actually swallow it. She doesn't.

I'll feed her, she strikes, drops the rat so I go back and dangle it for her again, she strikes again, drops the rat again, rinse repeat the whole night long. Even if left overnight, she doesn't touch it.

I'm actually wondering if this might be a vision issue rather than just her being a wobbly spider, because if her rat isn't considerably warm she'll try and strike at the tongs or my fingers instead. Still, she's never shown any other signs of being visually impaired.

Any ideas?