The little pest...it took about an hour, and 3 attempts, before he struck and coiled at the head. The first two times, he'd go for the rat right away, but instead of going for the really warm head, he grabbed onto the arm of the rat and then half-a$$ed coiled it. So I waited until he got bored of gnawing foot, and then took it from him and warmed the head up one last time. Then I made sure I bent the rats arms back so they weren't anywhere near the head, and I laid it in front of him, head first, and moved it towards him and he finally got the head. So yeah, what usually takes maybe 10-20 minutes took an hour just to find the head. Then it took him about 5 minutes to swallow it. I picked the smallest one in the batch cuz I didn't know if he'd be able to handle the others I have, but he took this one down with ease. Hardly left a bulge in his stomach. :eek:

Anyway, here's some pics of his 3 attempts at finding the head...














<--one of my favourites

<--I love his pattern from overhead...reminds me of a spider ball sorta...
<--finally got the head






Sorry for the bad quality of the pics. Ace kept moving around of course, and I don’t have the steadiest hands, lol. I wanted to get some pics of him finishing the rat off, and a "yawn" pic, but he was getting flinchy after a while(I would too if I had a camera an inch from my face while I'm trying to eat), so I let him be.