We feed either live or f/t to Emi the milksnake. It is odd to watch her eat as she does not coil and constrict. Like Becky said, she will sort of pounce on the prey and lay on it or if it's f/t she'll just check it out carefully then snarf it down. I don't know if it's normal for these snakes but she tends to eat butt first a lot of time. I've heard they will sometimes "slam" prey, something about grabbing it and smacking it against the ground though I've never seen Emi do this behaviour.