I still feed live and my bp has made his first refusal ever tonight.

My question is what should I do with the rat? I've never had a small critter before and I'm hoping i can just keep him around until i can try to feed him again. I've got a little tank i can keep him in and some substrate and stuff but i don't really want to spend too much more money on something i intend to feed soon.

my bp was very interested in the rat the entire time, stalking it around and acting like he was going to strike, but ran (i mean this loosely) away every time the rat came close. Could it have been the rat that prevented him from going in for the kill?


Thanks for any help, I really appreciate.