So this morning, I got the perfect-sized baby rat for little Octavia to eat. She was a really shy feeder when I got her a few months back, but has really com out of her shell recently. So I whack the rat and kill it instantly, and offer it to her. She strikes out perfectly and constricts it for a minute or two. Then she drops it onto the cage floor and proceeds to try swallowing it..ass-end first! I had a towel over the cage to give her some security, but could not resist peeking in and seeing her eat. So anyways, she tries this for about ten minutes, and finally somehow gets a good grip and swallows it in this oddball fashion