Slow motion

[Skittles1101]

How many times have you seen your snakes eat in slow motion? When I say this, I mean they lazily open their mouths wide, slowly...then they latch down onto the feeder and then lackadaisically wrap around it, "kills" it for all of 10 seconds then eats it.

I saw this for the first time with my new female motley boa about 3 weeks ago, I thought it was adorable...but a HUGE difference from my large male who's a tooth torpedo when feeding. But last night, I saw my 500 gram female normal do it as well. This was, of course, after a failed attempt to eating the first time. She struck, coiled, then dropped the rat into her water dish...then didn't want to go bobbing for rats, so I removed it and offered a different one. The second time was the slow-mo eating, and I couldn't help but crack up laughing. As if she wasted her energy with the first rat. I so wish I had a video camera so I could watch it over and over...

Have you ever witnessed a slow-motion feeding?

[rebelrachel13]

My girl Eve has done it a few times before. She's so lazy! My BP, however, goes INSANE when food is offered! He starts striking randomly as soon as I show it to him. He hasn't missed a meal in almost a year now. Crazy little guy.

Speaking of feeding... it's time to feed the kids!!!

[enchantress62]

My Baloo strikes hard but then constricts it for several minutes before eating. This cracks me up considering it's already dead. What I find weird, however, is that she stretches her upper body like 6-8" into the air while eating. The funniest thing I've seen her do is cuddle with the prey rather then eat it. lmao

[weofui]

Typically my bp, Jackson, strikes hard and fast, then constricts for a minute or two before moving to swallow (we feed f/t), but a couple of weeks ago he just... didn't bother with the whole "kill the dead thing" routine. I must have spent 5 minutes doing the dead-rat-dance trying to get him to strike before I let off and just let him smell it, which he seemed quite keen on doing. Much to my surprise, he just lazily opened his maw and started swallowing.

[Slim]

Had a Normal that did that when he was on mice, but once he moved to rats he started hitting them like a truck...might have been a difference in size or smell, not sure.

[ExotixTowing]

What I find weird, however, is that she stretches her upper body like 6-8" into the air while eating.

Mine did that Last week on a Mouse fuzzy... As if to help it slide down he gullet haha

[DooLittle]

I haven't seen that. That's too funny. These guys always keep us entertained!

[Rob]

Yup my normal has done it a couple times. Lazy sob