Is she okay?

[cristacake]

Even my adult snakes try to come in at weird angles or the rat's head is not flat or straight. Sometimes it takes a few tries.

When it really becomes problematic is when the front legs are extended way out at an angle and hook around the snakes mouth after the snake gets the head down. Then it can take an extra long time for the snake to work it out.

I do try to bend the front legs back, but they just spring back.

I always love your pictures, Reinz Yeah, the very same thing happened with this one and it did take her a couple minutes to get past the front legs but she did it. I skipped a week feeding for Spring Break so she was pretty determined to get that thing down!

But, for future reference, when you get a frozen or live mouse make sure they're the same size as the biggest part of the snake or smaller. Snakes can take in a bit bigger but you never want to risk it.

Yeah, usually her food is properly sized for her body but for some reason this one was way bigger than all the others that were supposed to be the same size. I ended up with one that is just absolutely huge and I'm saving that one for when she's bigger. Also, she's eaten backwards once before and it was honestly kind of frustrating to watch haha. I was just like "for goodness' sake let it go and turn it around!"