ok so ever since i got my male pastel he has been feeding on a regular basis every 5 days, it got to a point, that once i took out the water dish, seconds later he stuck his head out since he knew food was coming, this has been going on for the 3 or so months i have had him.

Well today i bring a mice in to feed him like usually, only yesterday was his feeding day but due to work i did not have a chance, so i do the usuall, take out the water dish, and usually y the time i take the water dish out and bring it to the bathroom, i get back and his head is already out, well this time nothing, so i say ok, anyways, and threw the mice in. Mice was all over the place including sticking his head in the hide where he was in, nothing. So after 5 minutes i got a little fustrated, and i know i broke the rules by doing this, but i lifted the hide where he was in and thre the mouse back again, after about 30 seconds of staring he struck and coiled, and ate.

Now what could have caused this? is it because i missed a day?

Right now he just finished taken the mouse down, and since his cold side hide (where he always is in) is out, im waiting for him to go into the hot side hide, so i can place the cold side hide back in and rearange the decorations that got all messed up in the process, (mouse was fighting with the fake plants). So he is in the middle of the tank in S defensive strike mode. And actually i just tried to put the cold side hide on top of him and he quickly got in S postion again and hissed.

dammit, i know, i know im wrong with that i did, and he is EXTREMELY stressed out most likely, but anybody have any thoughts on what just happened here?

man, ill be lucky if he dosent regurg