Need a super quick response on feeding problem!! Eating from wrong side, wont let go!

[Lolo76]

You should watch a Boa eat a jumbo rat folded in half and sideways.

It scares the hell out of us yet they eventually manage.

LOL... my Hognose does that too, but with an adult mouse. She's such a pig, it doesn't matter to her which direction it's facing!

[stickyalvinroll]

my big female still does this. just leave it alone it will find the head in a few minutes. looks bad to watch but its all good.

[Redneck_Crow]

I've got a grown male BP that eats them backward about 1/2 of the time.

Even among snakes there are the bright ones and also the not-so-bright.

[carlson]

First time my girl ate a mouse backwards I couldn't stop laughing but that's because when I looked at her she had just the head left an it was sticking outta her mouth like the mouse was trying to climb out.

[Lolo76]

First time my girl ate a mouse backwards I couldn't stop laughing but that's because when I looked at her she had just the head left an it was sticking outta her mouth like the mouse was trying to climb out.

Kinda like this?


And here's an example of her eating one sideways... as it was stated above, some snakes just aren't the brightest bulbs! But they manage okay, and will spit out the prey & start over (or retreat) if it's not working.

[carlson]

[QUOTE=Lolo76;1922892]Kinda like this?


Yes for sure like that 😝 haha all I could think is that the mouse isn't dead and is trying to escape from the depths of the beast. That was when I was still feeding live

[UpNorth]

Haha, leave it to the hognose to eat like that, I need one!

[Beccanin]

First time my girl ate a mouse backwards I couldn't stop laughing but that's because when I looked at her she had just the head left an it was sticking outta her mouth like the mouse was trying to climb out.

I fed my girl a fuzzie and when she was nearly done I could just see this little mouse face looking at me in her mouth with her jaws wide and looking so pleased with herself XD I think I found it a lot funnier than anyone else in the house at the time did :')

[Salamander Rising]

LOL... my Hognose does that too, but with an adult mouse. She's such a pig, it doesn't matter to her which direction it's facing!

Funny thing is that I look at my Boas and they all have such sweet serene, cute faces...and then they eat something sideways and look like deformed monsters from some kind of reptilian nightmare.

I've stopped watching them eat except for checking back to make sure everything's okay.

They gross me out....LOL

[Lolo76]

Haha, leave it to the hognose to eat like that, I need one!

Yes, you do!! Don't tell my BPs I said this, but the hoggie (Charlotte) is totally my favorite snake... they kind of stink, though.

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Funny thing is that I look at my Boas and they all have such sweet serene, cute faces...and then they eat something sideways and look like deformed monsters from some kind of reptilian nightmare.

I've stopped watching them eat except for checking back to make sure everything's okay.

They gross me out....LOL

Haha... snakes are gross sometimes, but I love 'em anyway!