I got my normal girl on May 30th, and she was 80 grams. I weighed her June 30th, and she was at 91 grams. So I am happy with that.

But today was a sort of mess. I feed her on Tuesdays at around 7pm. My mom is a cardiac-ICU nurse who works night shift and really doesn't want to be there when I thaw or do anything with the mouse. But she had today off. I was able to start thawing without her noticing, and she left to go to the store at the end of the process. She takes awhile at the store so I had time to feed my girl without her being there.

So at this point I am happy that it worked out like this.

Due to her hide making it impossible to see her head shape (it's too dark to even see the form), I couldn't tell which side of the hide she'd come out of. So I moved the hide to the side and placed her head (and most of her body due to her curled up position) outside of the hide so I could feed her.

So I dangle the mouse and as she's striking I move the mouse just outside her reach causing her to just strike the air. I have no idea why I did this. I feel like muscle memory from something else kicked in. So I move the mouse back and she cowers her head and turns her head perpendicular to her body which was facing away from the mouse. So I decided to move the mouse away from her slowly so she wouldn't feel threatened. She ended up stalking it for a few seconds then striking it. So I let her be, and check back a few minutes later and she's detached and is looking for the head. I go back to the computer to let her be.

Then the phones ring... we have about 7 phones spread throughout the entire house. Someone changed the ring volume and ringer on about 3 of them. They are really loud and it's four different tones. It made me jump. I know more people would be calling so I had to run around and change them. And trying to sneak up on my ball's cage to see if she was disturbed, I run into a bookcase. It made a nice bang. So I peek into her cage from the one side that isn't blacked out, and her head is staring at me from atop her hide.

I was pretty sure she wouldn't eat at this point, but I let her be anyway to give her a good chance. I came back 30 minutes later and the mouse is gone. So I am about 98% sure she ate it... or she just drug it into her hide.