Hello!

I'm a new snake owner, and I'm having a bit of trouble with my baby ball python. Her first feeding went perfectly, she struck and killed the rat easily and then swallowed with no problems. This time however, she struck and killed the rat, but didn't quite grab the head, rather, she grabbed onto its front paw/chest area. She did kill it and attempted to swallow it, but eventually gave up and showed no further interest in the rat.

I removed the rat from the cage and I'm going to try to feed her again in a few hours, but if this could be indicative of something other than just Ball python feeding antics please let me know, as I am a bit worried.

Thanks!