Thanks for the help and the info. I have heard a lot of people talk about heating up the heads of the prey with a hairdryer prior to feeding, which is something I will try on the weekend when he is due a feed. Hopefully it has some success. When he does strike the body, he has always managed to work his way to the head and swallow it without help, [ SLIGHT GORE WARNING ] once he opened up the stomach of the rat... prompted me to pull him out, put him in the bath to let go of the rat with all the guts hanging out and that... Nightmare haha!