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| Sleeper341 |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 13:32:48
Hi, I've just fed Dani and she decided she wanted to eat her pinkie from the back end first. I didn't want to pull it away and turn it round as I thought this might stress her out a bit.
Is it a problem for them to digest if they take their prey tail first?
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| Jono2411 |
Posted - 14/08/2012 : 12:20:35
Hehe, when they get bigger and still do this it can get sketchy as you just see a leg jutting out the side of the snake :S
It's fine tho, they always seem to manage it or give up and go round the correct end so I wouldn't worry yourself :)
Great looking snake btw... |
| Hissyfit |
Posted - 12/08/2012 : 18:58:29
quote:
Originally posted by mgtrock
HAHAHA looks like the pinky has its paw over it's eyes going "noooo i can't watch! he's eating my bum first!!" lol
Lol, I was thinking the same  |
| IncurableFlirt |
Posted - 10/08/2012 : 18:48:13
I, too, have watched several of my snakes eat their prey butt first. My hubby calls them butt munchers.   Usually it is my younger Corns that do it, but I have witnessed my larger snakes (my female Royal to be exact) eating an adult mouse butt first. It takes her far longer to get the prey down, but she manages. |
| mkmattyk |
Posted - 08/08/2012 : 18:07:43
you should watch some of mine trying to eat large mice backwards... very funny, they try and fit the tail and back legs all in one go, if they do it this weekend ill try and get a vid on here |
| Moppet |
Posted - 08/08/2012 : 17:54:12
Apollo has done it twice now too. Once with a pinkie and once with a fluff. The pinkie went down as normal just backwards but the fluff took him ages to eat when it was bottom first! |
| Falice |
Posted - 08/08/2012 : 17:26:20
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Originally posted by Lozzy
My Star is really special with eating and usually chews on the middle of the mouse for about 2 minutes before she finds the end *rolls eye* (usually the butt end lol) bless her!
So ye its fine like everyone else has said 
LOL Trevor does exactly the same sometimes! how funny |
| Okeetee Mick |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 19:15:33
Not a problem, mine dont know one end from the other. |
| BOWZER43 |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 18:50:54
haha yeah it does look like like that!!! haha but syn eats from butt end first too, usually he like picks it up and just drags it around into a corner and then like shoves it into his mouth upside down, it is really weird to watch him eat... |
| mgtrock |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 17:49:48
HAHAHA looks like the pinky has its paw over it's eyes going "noooo i can't watch! he's eating my bum first!!" lol |
| SexyBear77 |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 17:49:32
Not a problem at all. She's looking great! |
| Lozzy |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 14:49:23
My Star is really special with eating and usually chews on the middle of the mouse for about 2 minutes before she finds the end *rolls eye* (usually the butt end lol) bless her!
So ye its fine like everyone else has said |
| Sleeper341 |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 14:04:07
Thanks for the replies everyone, puts me at ease :) |
| viraleye |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 14:01:56
I've read that when snakes have killed their prey, they will look for the head and then proceed to eat.
Either way they eat it makes no difference |
| Figs |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 13:39:50
Nope, theres usually no problems at all from swallowing bum first
Some snakes are just a bit squiffy like that
Sure i've read somewhere that most snakes swallow head first so the horns, claws, beaks, spikes and other various pokey bits on the prey are pressed against the prey/pointing backwards to make swallowing easier... but pinkies dont have horns  |
| paulie78 |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 13:39:32
Not a problem at all a few of my sub adults do it just takes em a lil while longer to eat it usually as instead of sliding down all streamlined its like putting a sqaure peg in a round hole lol |
| Auld Baldy |
Posted - 07/08/2012 : 13:39:28
Don't worry, it won't cause any problems. |
