hi all this is my first post here and i think i've got a good question for you all.

Yesterday i was feeding my year old ball a rat....it was his 12th rat and it wasn't any bigger or smaller than any other i've given him.
This time he gets about half way through eating it and it was like he just fell asleep. For about 15 mins he just sat there with the rat half in half out of his mouth, during which time the rat slid about halfway out to about the front shoulders. I tried periodically to take it from him but he gripped harder and it seemed he was interested in eating it. Well he finished eating it and everything appears normal now....has anyone else experienced this or know what happened???
ps i feed a med rat every 10 days