I don't know how to even describe this correctly:
The only way we have gotten Atlas to reliably eat is to to put her on top of her tank lid and poke the nose of the FT rat against hers. There is no holding her down or putting the thing in her mouth. It's literally nudging it's nose into hers, then she bites (I can't call it a strike, there is no speed or particular force behind it), coils and eats.
We tried zombie dancing, we tried warmer water, we tried braining, we tried in the tank overnight and nothing worked. This does, and that's all I really care about.
But after seeing Herc eat, it strikes me as particularly weird. It's almost lazy looking.
Am I missing something/doing something wrong with this?
(Also, she seems...lankier than most BP I've seen. No triangle shape, no clear idea how old she is, but it seems almost like she's got a longer neck than average. She's definitely not as heavy bodied and thick. There's no question associated with that one, just random observation, but I wouldn't mind someone patting me on the head and telling me she's okay.)
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