Quote Originally Posted by Snakeman
yesterday something weird happened when i fed my BP. i held up the fuzzy to him and instead of normally just nabbing it out of the tongs and then constricting, he slowly opened his mouth and gently put his mouth around the fuzzy and then he started to eat it.i know it's not likely that snakes are hand fed but this is just weird that a snake would "enjoy being hand fed".has anyone else had this happen to them? i fed him a f/t fuzzy btw.
It happens sometimes ... it's not that they "enjoy it" ... joy is a human emotion not applicable to snakes ... sometimes they just get lazy ... especially if you don't give them time to get into "feed mode" ... they get in this really relaxed state somewhere between "shut down mode" and "feed mode" where they're hungry but not yet totally alert and active and will take prey like that ... sometimes I also see them coiling their prey and constriting it using only their bodies, without biting it while in this state as well.

Totally normal.

-adam