My snake tried to eat her hopper sideway,from the belly.
She was opening her mouth so wide(wider than when she eats it head first) so i open the cage and she let it go.
Would that have hurt her if she would have ate is sideways?
2007-03-20 14:49:00 · 11 answers · asked by Jesse E 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
no it wont hurt it, my snakes have taken them butt first also, but if your snake can actually eat it sideways i think you might need to move up to small mouse or small rat whichever.
2007-03-20 22:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by az_na_man32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of snake and how big??? This happened to me on Saturday. I fed my ball python a rat for the first time and she too, started to eat it sideways. When she realized it wouldn't fit, she played with it until she found it's head and she ate it with no problem. When she was on mice, she ate them sideways, backwards what ever way she wanted but she's almost 4' so it was no problem then.
2007-03-20 17:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by poutypitbull 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 11:51:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think she would have continued trying to eat it that way. Sometimes snakes try to swallow their prey incorrectly but they reposition it a few minutes later and all is well.
Also, be careful about opening the cage when she's eating because you may stress her out. She might become too afraid to eat because she'll think she's vulnerable at that time.
2007-03-21 03:37:26 · answer #4 · answered by Garnet 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok...i sure hope you're not feeding your snake 'grasshoppers'...JK...
ANYWAY, if she can fit it in, it'll be fine. Chances are, if she at first tries to eat it sideways, she won't be able to fit it, and give up and try again. or just give up, and you'll have to remove the hopper, and try again a couple days later.
snakes are very good at squirming and wiggling until they make their food fit in their stomachs.
2007-03-20 15:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are usually able to turn it around to head or butt first either way if it actually eats it sideways you should move up to adult size mice or fuzzy rats
2007-03-21 10:19:22 · answer #6 · answered by cameron b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably but it depends on what kind of snake you have because usually they should wrap around and constrict their food then once its "smashed" it gets it head first
2007-03-21 04:40:51 · answer #7 · answered by little 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she would have given up, and tried a different angle.
i have a corn that likes to eat his dinner tail first.
2007-03-21 15:22:08 · answer #8 · answered by otis the brave (luke 22:36) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesnt matter if its *** first or upsidedown or sideways.
2007-03-21 03:52:40 · answer #9 · answered by lynnwoodballa07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it was a grasshopper then i highly doubt it would of hurt her
2007-03-20 14:55:17 · answer #10 · answered by Sarah 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋