Basically I got my blood to eat after about a week or so I guess, they person I bought her from said she's real shy about eating...wouldn't eat in front of him...he'd have to leave a small mouse in the cage at like 1 am, close it up and see if it's still there in the morning basically. Not the safest technique I know, but it's just a mouse and not a rat, so I wasn't THAT upset about having to try that.

When I got her he said she was due to eat, I tried it my way *classic drop mouse and watch for what happens* after about 4 days of her getting comfortbale and got nothing at all. Finally after a little more time I tried the drop it in overnight method, and she did eat. Woke up that morning, mouse gone and she was burrowed in to the aspen. Checked for and small bite marks from the mouse and seen nothing.

So, after eating she spent about 3 days buried under the substrate I decided to pull her out and see if everything was ok, I assumed it was fine so I set her in her water bowl. This was about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. I woke up this morning and she was STILL in her water bowl soaking.

So my questions...is it normal for them to burrow and stay that way for days at a time and then to soak for more than a little bit of time? Like...12 hours and may still be in there?

Thanks for your answers and help guys!