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Crazy royal python

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Rocky Raccoon

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So tonight was the first night we fed my wifes baby royal python. Its about a month and a half old and adorable as a snake can get. Right size and everything is good, so we tried to feed him. Well at first he bit the fuzzy and just decided to carry it around for a while and then decided to eat. Well we usually shut off all noise and stand still to make sure it all goes well. So Winston starts eating and I look over and hes on his back and not moving, I freak out thinking holy crap he just died and then I see him take another gulp. He ate the fuzzy while on his back with his head on the ground. After he got it down he did his usual parascope deal where he lifts his head up and searches around and then started to get active. Is this normal or is Winston just a badass? I've never seen a snake eat on its back.
 
My balkl python does too.:rolleyes: Its just her trying to get the rat down. nothing to worrie about.:)
 
Will be more than happy to show you!:grin01:
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Rocky Raccoon said:
So tonight was the first night we fed my wifes baby royal python. Its about a month and a half old and adorable as a snake can get. Right size and everything is good, so we tried to feed him. Well at first he bit the fuzzy and just decided to carry it around for a while and then decided to eat. Well we usually shut off all noise and stand still to make sure it all goes well. So Winston starts eating and I look over and hes on his back and not moving, I freak out thinking holy crap he just died and then I see him take another gulp. He ate the fuzzy while on his back with his head on the ground. After he got it down he did his usual parascope deal where he lifts his head up and searches around and then started to get active. Is this normal or is Winston just a badass? I've never seen a snake eat on its back.
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Maybe this is a boid thing. I don't own a royal/bp, but I do have a rosy boa (my only non-colubrid), and he eats like this almost every time. I never see the colubrids doing it. :shrugs: :)
 
My BP is all "Cirque du Eating" each time. He gets himself into all KINDS of weird positions and always plays with his food and drags it around a bit first.

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See?

I think they're just quirky little guys. Maybe it's easier for them to eat that way...since their necks are so slender in comparison to the rest of their body? Who knows. But I say as long as they're eating eagerly and doing everything else normally, it's just fine. :)
 
Watching "wonkey" spiders do it can be quite heartbreaking though... Poor beasts.

Heres a teeny version of Amelie doing the backwards thing:

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Rat pups in october - adult mice, adult gerbils, small rats in Janurary LOL
 
Thanks everyone, I just wanted to make sure he was doing fine since we just got him last week. At first he refused to eat and then a few days later got hungry. They have a lot of personality I have found out. He loves his grapevine.
 
jennrosefx said:
My BP is all "Cirque du Eating" each time. He gets himself into all KINDS of weird positions and always plays with his food and drags it around a bit first.

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See?

I think they're just quirky little guys. Maybe it's easier for them to eat that way...since their necks are so slender in comparison to the rest of their body? Who knows. But I say as long as they're eating eagerly and doing everything else normally, it's just fine. :)
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He kinda looks like he's attempting to pull the tail off...
 
Tula_Montage said:
Rat pups in october - adult mice, adult gerbils, small rats in Janurary LOL
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Probably not a good idea to feed her gerbils. Once they tase one, sometimes they won't eat anything else. Imprint feeders, you know. ;)

Tula_Montage said:
Watching "wonkey" spiders do it can be quite heartbreaking though... Poor beasts.
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What is this? Do you mean when they eat without constricting first?
 
JasonGranger said:
Probably not a good idea to feed her gerbils. Once they tase one, sometimes they won't eat anything else. Imprint feeders, you know. ;)



What is this? Do you mean when they eat without constricting first?
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The first part is soooooo untrue ;) Toyah has her now anyways so its her thats got to deal with her LOL

And I'm referring to stargazing spiders - a VERY common trait in that morph where they have major neurological problems. They will actually lie on their backs and wobble about - Poor things have no control over it whatsoever.
 
Tula_Montage said:
And I'm referring to stargazing spiders - a VERY common trait in that morph where they have major neurological problems. They will actually lie on their backs and wobble about - Poor things have no control over it whatsoever.
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Ah, okay. I knew what stargazing was, just didn't realize you were referring to it.
 
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