Haha I love this thread! BPs are so derpy
Lol maybe he just wanted a rat-flavored noodle?Originally Posted by EthanMG;[URL="tel:2765117"
2765117[/URL]]Has your ball python ever struck at the tail and eaten the tail of the rat alone? Lol, because mine has! This is my first BP, had him for a few months, and he struck at the tail and wrapped at nothing. After that he sat there and stared at me while finishing the tail. I offered the rat while he was chewing on the tail, but he just stared and continued gnawing on the tail. Finally, after he finished his stupid tail, he decided to eat the rat. Idk, I just thought it was funny and thought I’d share. Has anyone else had any interesting feeding experiences?
My BP has done plenty of whacky things while eating, including:
- Wrapping the tongs and the rat together - I just left the tongs in the enclosure with him until he finished eating.
- Wrapping the edge of the plate I feed him on along with the rat (I feed on a plate to reduce the chances he will ingest substrate and it makes cleaning easier if the rat bleeds a bit)
- Folding a rat’s nose down to it’s tail and eating it sideways like a taco… this is funny in retrospect but it was a little horrifying to watch because he was so adamant about eating it sideways and I thought there as no way he would get it down. As a result I could also see a round bulge which was the rat’s head on the side of his body when he was done but he digested it just fine and a day later the bulge was gone.
- Following the heat signature of my hand but the smell of the rat… he struck in between my hand and the rat and missed both lol
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