well, we had a failed feeding attempt with a live rat tonight.... mostly my fault though. at my roommates bidding, i changed how i was presenting the rat by letting it roam the opposite side of the tank and letting Lennie hunt it. this may have been fine, except i got bored and moved the rat to Lennie, pissing off the rat (when in the past was already eaten at this point) and startling Lennie. this resulted in a flailing, screaming rat that just did not settle with Lennie. he refused to strike, and i was disappointed i listened to my roomies.