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[angelrose]

Hi guys, any time i have ever seen a python eat a mouse it has been head first, so i assumed this was normal behaviour, also, baillee, pictured, has always eaten head first, untill just now, tail first.... is she going to be ok, claws backwards and all.....

Angel

 

[RAZZA]

:twisted:

 

[angelrose]

oh thank god..... i know i know im a worry wort.... first time mum lol

 

[Stevethepom]

maybe think about upping the size of the food too, i have found that giving larger food stops this,

cheers
Steve

 

[angelrose]

yeah ive kinda gone backwards in size due to running out and the new litter still fluffy, lol, so i gave her 2..... is that ok too.....?

 

[Stevethepom]

yeah, thats fine

 

[angelrose]

oh good, i wasnt too worried as she ate them.... once i gave her something to big and she just kept biting it and striking.... so i know when shes full.... lol

 

[sxereturn]

I once had a carpet python who would always eat his food sideways.

 

[angelrose]

hmmm.... that sounds like hard work......... i gag watching her trying to swallow a pinkie lol....

 

[ackie]

my snakes dont care how they eat things
the brown tree snake sumtimes eats mice sideways and my diamond ate a small pidgeon backwards (not to mention all the mice they eat backwards).
angelrose, is that a bredli or a darwin carpet?

 

[sxereturn]

hmmm.... that sounds like hard work......... i gag watching her trying to swallow a pinkie lol....

I personally wouldn't be feeding it pinkies, they are about as nutritional as a rock. Velvet/fuzzy mice are the go. She'll swallow it with ease.

 

[moosenoose]

I once had a carpet python who would always eat his food sideways.

That was mine about a month ago. I upped the size like suggested by Stevethepom and it hasn't been a problem. I still can't get over the size of things they eat. I had my python minded for a couple of weeks with the breeder I bought the snake off while I was on holidays (just for piece of mind).

The following week I came back to buy another rat and just about fell over at the size of it. She said I'd be surprised...I am.

 

[luke]

same story as sexreturn and moosegoose
my lil guy was taken them down backwards but since he is on bigger feed it hasent been a worrie but i have only feed him 3 times on larger food so far

 

[sxereturn]

Note - the carpet in question was unable to take bigger meals as it had a severe fracture in it's spine that could have caused trouble.

 

[angelrose]

angelrose, is that a bredli or a darwin carpet?

Bredli