By the way, I just want to check on my BP, who I had offered a rat to a few minutes ago, and he's trying to eat it sideways again!!
In contrast, I offered my young ratsnake two mice, and she managed to eat both of them in the time it's taken my BP to continue to wrestle with a small hopper rat that he should easily handle (I am giving him two-- using them up because snake is outgrowing them, but he has not even managed to eat the first one yet!). Maybe because they are so small he is confused??