BP after failing to eat a rat sideways:
This was tricky because my tongs are in mite land now and I couldn't find my other pair, so I had to get the rat back by hand to heat it again (she missed the head because it wasn't warm enough the first time.) She was ready to do battle over it, and was smacking anything that touched her with her body. She had previously been entirely on top of the rat, but backed off it a bit just before this photo. I tried blocking her view with a paper towel, and that scared her away into a hide. She came back out and ate when re-offered though. It must've still been a bit cold because she neither stuck nor wrapped, but just slowly approached and began to consume.
The first time, she was all in on eating it sideways for about 15 minutes. This plan was never successful enough to be dangerous, but she squeaked louder than I've heard before while dragging the rat around. I guess it's just the exertion of mopping the whole enclosure with a rat.
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