Pinky as my finger not as an a baby rat. It’s been a prolong shedding process and I’ve noticed my Roxanne looks awful hungry anytime I’m checking for shed or tending to her enclosure.
Tonight I thought I’d give a little bit better of an inspection to see if she’s defecated or shed. When I was moving her to her holding box, she started to cuddle up on me calmly. My fault for not considering she is blind as a bat, and I allowed her to inspect my hands as she usually would. Naturally, I’ve missed handling her for the last six weeks.
Then boom she grabbed the tip of my pinky and constricted my hand and wrist. I tried to wait it out and persuade her to slither back into her enclosure, but with no avail. After a minute or two there was a fair amount of blood running down my arm under the floor and she was trying to take down my pinky. I knew I had to intervene.
The only thing I had on hand was some alcohol that I use for disinfecting my hands after handling. I sprayed a little on the base of my pinky she didn’t let go. I sprayed a little bit more, and she finally released. Since I have never have done this before, and I was concerned that she might’ve gotten a little in her mouth, I gave her a massive misting afterwards of fresh water in case I accidentally got some rubbing alcohol on her. She wasn’t very excited about that, but it gave me a chance to go through her enclosure.
Of course, I’m glad that I didn’t hurt her or overreact and drop her but naturally, I am concerned about trust (on both our parts)and how much longer I should wait to feed her if she’s displaying such hunger.
One thing I did learn is, don’t expect to cuddle during shed time.
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