Okay I know from what I have read on hear that I'm probably about to get a lot of crap from some people but hopefully I will also receive some wisdom from wise and experienced BP owners.

Last night I put a live rat in my BP's cage to feed her. Normally I don't feed her in her cage but I hadn't fed her for a while and the last time I fed her (right before I left for 3 weeks on Christmas Break) she tried to tag me so I fed her in her cage instead of moving her to a box like I usually do for feeding. So I planned on feeding her in her cage again this time and then after a couple days start working up the handling again so that I wouldn't have that problem with her again.

Well except I now have another problem after i put the rat in and watched her for awhile she still hadn't eaten it, which I wasn't worried about because sometimes she takes a few minutes. Well I left the room for a little while and when I came back I didn't see the rat so I figures she ate it.

When I woke up this morning the rat was still alive and had started making a nest in her cool hide. I know I need to take the rat out but how do I go about doing that without getting tagged by my BP or bitten by the rat since it is scared it will be running away from me in the cage?

PS if there is a better section for this post I would love if an Admin would move it there.