ok so i got a red tail boa as a rescue. I knew next to nothing baout the history of this snake. the first time i fed her she got a bad bite on the rat and didn't get a good coil around it. and it gave her a pretty good bite. so from then on it was pre killed. but the last two times i fed her she didn't bother to even try to coil . first time she pulled it under the water and tried to drown it I guess? and the second time she just grabbed it and held on for about 30 min and started eating after that.

I have read that IBD can cause them to not be able to constrict. im praying that not what this is.. she acts fine aside from not coiling to kill prey? any ideas. do red tails do this normally?