I guess I’m lucky (so far). Tyrion starts inching his nose out of the hide as soon as I enter the room with the rat in the brown paper bag. By the time I have weighed the bag and rat (later subtracting the empty bag weight to get the rat weight - I’m a bit obsessive lol) he is practically at the glass with his snoot! I use forceps and put the rats face in front of his, and he strikes after about 1 sec. I don’t drop the live rat in there, and if he’s not interested (which hasn’t been an issue yet), I’d remove the rat and put it bag in the bag on top of his cage and try again in about 15 minutes, based on his interest.

I’d say “Don’t remove any hides!” But it’s already been said lol.


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