This is just my .02 but she probably didn't coil up on you because she realized you weren't actually food. It sounds like a hunger strike to me, lol, and not defensive.

My bp, Ella, nabbed me the 2nd week we had her and she balled up under my hand but couldn't manage to swallow my finger so she let go - after, like, 3 minutes! She was HUNGRY.... But speaking from experience, yes, rodent bites hurt a heck of a lot more then BPs, heehee.....

So I guess I'm part of the infamous bite club too! Can we get t-shirts????