Our hoggies probably eat their feed bassackwards 50% of the time..
Ya'll that keep hognoses notice this as well or are ours just an exception..:lmao:

Our hoggies probably eat their feed bassackwards 50% of the time..
Ya'll that keep hognoses notice this as well or are ours just an exception..:lmao:

I've got an eastern that will eat butt first without hesitation. Funny watchin' them frog, or toad, legs goin' down backwards.

All bot one of my carpet pythons eat every meal bassackwards lol

Because of it theres been a number of occaisions where the mouse has popped and it makes for a bloody mess..Not to mention their just harder to swallow that way..

My lone female tries to take her food down sideways, or whichever way is fastest. They don't call them hogs just for the turned up nose. Haha!

However they grab is how they swallow. The are not to concerned with how they eat their food, just that it gets in their bellies!

However they grab is how they swallow. The are not to concerned with how they eat their food, just that it gets in their bellies!

Thanks Jenea... now all I can hear is "Get in mah belly!!!":lmao:
And yeah, this to a tee, they eat however they grab!

I've got an eastern that will eat butt first without hesitation. Funny watchin' them frog, or toad, legs goin' down backwards.

feeding them amphibians......:nono:

just kidding Quig....:yessir:

feeding them amphibians......:nono:

just kidding Quig....:yessir:

Havin' a time tryin' to get him switched over Frank. He's brumated two winters now without a problem. I'm just waitin' for the amphibs to come out of hibernation up here so I can start feeding him again. This brumating does seem to be stunting his growth though. This will be his second full year with me and he hasn't shed yet.

Havin' a time tryin' to get him switched over Frank. He's brumated two winters now without a problem. I'm just waitin' for the amphibs to come out of hibernation up here so I can start feeding him again. This brumating does seem to be stunting his growth though. This will be his second full year with me and he hasn't shed yet.

I know Jenea will disagree..but I do not think you should switch them over.....Fenbendazole and Flagyl...aka...metronidazole once a year...is the ticket..IMO....

How ever she hits is how she tries to swallow.

My het albino female always goes for the butt end no-matter how her food is presented. Most of my colubrids I just tail, with her I tease and lay it down on bottom of her tub. Otherwise she climbs right up the mouse's side and goes for the butt grab, or continues up the tail towards my fingers and it freaks me out! LOL
Mike

Just fed my female last night, and she took it sideways and folded it in half. Quite the sight! Haha!

Had a hoggie once eat a live fuzzy backwards. That thing was sqeaking the whole way down...:eek:

Mine eat theirs whatever way they grab it.