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mark_92
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 05/12/2011 : 21:24:38
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| Hi every one, my royal has been feeding threw the great fast thank fully :D but when i was feeding her today a f/t large mouse she was having trouble swallowing it? She took around 10 - 15 minutes to find the head then wolfed it down lol. Anybody else have this problem? thanks |
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Posted - 05/12/2011 : 21:29:08
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Yup - they can sometimes be a little slow on the uptake, bless them! (Or should that be the downtake lol.)
I have a corn snake with one eye who is straight on to her mouse - and then goes round and round and round, plays football with it, and has been known to eat it 8 hours later!
Some of them grab the rodent at the wrong angle and slowly mouth it round until ...finally...they actually swallow it! Snakes eh? |
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mystra
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
590 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 21:30:01
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yeah, sometimes they just act like they need a knife and fork! Mine takes FOREVER to swallow no matter what size prey he's been on (he used to be on too small and still made a meal of it!)
Don't worry... as long as he eats it, it's all fine i'm sure :) |
0.0.1 Carolina Corn Snake- Sanchez
0.0.1 Anery Corn Snake- Betty
1.0.0 Normal Royal Python - Chancho
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 21:41:57
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| They are dosey little buggers sometimes. I've seen the straight for the head approach, eating bum first, creeping jaws right round the body finally finding the head and folding them in the middle and swallowing them that way or my Boas favourite game, the bite the tail 7046 times before eventually eating it. Try warming the head end up a bit more before giving it the heat pits should guide him in that direction. |
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mark_92
Yearling
United Kingdom
137 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 23:49:02
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| Thanks for the answers guy I really appreciate it :) |
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Robert
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
957 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2011 : 19:15:25
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| It can vary on the snake - some feed quickly and others like to take their time, just have to accept it :) |
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Tawfik47
Fully Grown Royal
Czech Republic
1584 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2011 : 22:19:19
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| Blitz did that couple times (one time he bored searching for the head so he decided to eat the hamster from the back to the head ) then he learned to go straight to the head, he strick to the head directly and then swallow it with no problem. |
1.0.0 Common Boa - Revo CB13
I had a royal python (Blitz) for two years for those who are wondering what I'm doing here with my boa :D |
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karl
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 10/12/2011 : 08:52:53
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one way to help their aim can be to heat the head area. you will often find that they will work around the snake trying to work out the direction of the fur to "find" the head. Some are constant "arse" first eaters....
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mark_92
Yearling
United Kingdom
137 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2011 : 18:44:23
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| Just fed biggie tonight and I heated up the heat more than I usually do and she wolfed the mouse down haha, thanks guys :) |
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Anyone know whats wrong?
