Hi everyone, I use coconut fiber substrate and when I fed my boy yesterday (second time he's taken it since I've had him) he only did a partial wrap after sniffing for around 5 minutes.
He struck the middle of the rat so I left him alone to adjust it himself but I watched to see what would happen. It was very strange because he unwrapped and started to sort of, wiggle a lot? Similar to thrashing with the mouse in his mouth.
While he was doing this, I assume he got a lot of substrate in his mouth because he let go of the mouse and it took a minute for him to swallow/take care of the coconut fiber he got in there. I left the mouse in for about an hour and he didn't take to it again.
Here's a photo after he did his little thrashing. I didn't move him to a different tub to feed, just moved some rocks to give him room to wrap. I fed him about a week before with little issues, where I left him alone after he wrapped and he had struck the mouse in the middle but didn't have an issue adjusting because when I came back 5 minutes later it was gone.
should I worry about his digestion? When should I try to feed him next? He's refused 3 meals so far in 2 months, last week and yesterday were the only time he took and he only successfully swallowed the first one.
Thanks guys!
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