I have a Suriname redtail boa that has lately started eating his meals backwards. Is this a problem? And is there anything that I should or can do to solve this. I've been feeding him regular F/T mice.
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I have a Suriname redtail boa that has lately started eating his meals backwards. Is this a problem? And is there anything that I should or can do to solve this. I've been feeding him regular F/T mice.
>>I have a Suriname redtail boa that has lately started eating his meals backwards. Is this a problem? And is there anything that I should or can do to solve this. I've been feeding him regular F/T mice.
No real problem as long as it's swallowing OK, normally swallow head first because they go down easier.
Depending on size of your Suri, the mice might be too small?
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Thanks,
Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
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lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
This may or may not be true, but someone once told me that they had a 4' colombian swallow a rat backwards and the tooth caught the lining of the throat and sliced a small opening that lead to the death of the snake.
Personally I have never experienced a problem with it, but I always think about what that person said when I watch them swallow their food backwards. Seems possible, but on account of that being the only time I have ever heard it mentioned, I highly doubt it will happen.
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You may have your head on straight, but I have a better view!
the poo will come out backwards!!!!
ha. hahaha... j/k!
bc
extra points for anyone who knows who i'm qouting there...!
South Park!!!
if that was said on south park, i must have missed it!
keep trying!
bc
(hint: it would have been by someone well known online/in the boa world...)
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