Well, yesterday i fed my 6 week old pastel a meal that i'm wishing i hadn't. I went to the petstore and saw some small rats that were probably as large as the biggest adult mouse i have seen. i compared their thickness to the thickness of the ball and decided that underneath that fur was probably a rat he could eat. I killed it, placed it next to him and he nailed it. It took him about 10 minutes to swallow it and I'm guessing his peristaltic muscles must have stretched the rat because now approximately 1/3 of his length is a large lump. The rat didn't appear that long before being swallowed. He managed to drag himself into the warm hide and hasn't emerged since. I looked at him today and he looks pretty miserable. I know, I shoud have fed smaller but this is what was available (not an excuse). So, has anyone made a similar bonehead move? Will he most likely keep it down? It's been about 30 hours since he ate this behemoth. Thanks and smack me on the wrist if you must. Chris