Yes, we caved today and gave Gomez a few cuddles... He didn't ball up once, and was just very curious, strong, and all over the place! First two are me, second two is Karen. I just realized we were both wearing grey today... weird.









Wasn't sure he'd eat after that, but we gave it a shot anyway. He struck the mouse, constricted a little while chewing on the mouse's butt with it's legs splayed on either side of his head. After about 5 minutes of this he let go and peered around as if to say "This isn't working". Then eventually he began cruising and exploring again, ignoring the mouse which apparently had a rather nasty tasting rear end. I would imagine so. I gave it a little zombie dance w/ tongs for him anyway, but Gomez just looked at me like I was stupid. "...You're kidding, right?" That's okay, I'd rather he eat one of the yummy new fuzzy rats that arrived in the mail today from Big Cheese anyway, and we'll give him one of those a try tomorrow sans cuddles.

It felt good to finally give handle him a bit though. What a sweetheart he is! We're so in love with the little guy.