Eating Butt First

[u/Defiil]

I'm not quite sure what to do but my ball python (who is 3) has consistently ate butt first and will only go for the head after struggling for 20-30 minutes 3/10 times. The other 7 is either him giving up or getting the butt successfully down his throat. I do take the extra time to run hot water across the head of which he will strike successfully but then he'll reposition to the butt...

[u/tontovila]

Mine tried really really hard for a really long time to eat the rat from the back last time.

Not the butt... The back. Like imagine eating a hotdog the wrong way.

He's lucky he's cute

[u/ErnLynM → u/tontovila]

Mine has also attempted side swallows on his very dead, frozen, and thawed rats