So he looks like he wants to eat it but it got really dirty after he killed it.. Covered with the coconut husk bedding that I use.. He kept grabbing the mouse by his dirty head and then letting it go.. Looks like he didn't like it covered in the bedding.. I don't blame him..and then letting it go.. I removed the mouse, washed it off, put his hide back in and left the mouse in there.. that's the advice my breeder gave me..