Re: Boa eats tail first-A Tip
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Originally Posted by lonewolf1253
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/pytho...ards-help.html
Here's a link from this site. I didn't say it would harm the animal and many of my snakes have eaten them tail first without any problems. I made the comment because I have noticed that it's much easier for them to eat prey head first and the only time I have ever seen it happen was when I fed frozen pre-killed prey. I've fed them live, which I no longer do, and freshly killed and never once saw them eat the prey tail first. So I think being frozen throws off the smell of head or tail.. Feed them any way you like. My suggestion was just that. A suggestion. I like to see them eat the way they were intended to eat and if a bit of chicken smell assures that, so much the better.
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You're right get due to the way rodent limbs bend etc had first is easier. That said I've only ever fed F/T and I've never had a snake not find the head. From what I've read (although not in any proper science papers) they can sense with their tongues which way the fur is lying and this is how the work out the head end so it shouldn't matter where it's live, f/t whatever.
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