:eek: if it looks like he's moving away from it, you could use some forceps/tweezers and do the 'mouse dance' by gripping the base of the mouses' tail (with the tweezers) and give him a little shake. This mimic's a live mouses' movement and will entice your BP to strike and coil again. Only do this if you are sure that he's moving away. Sometimes my younger BP has to move around a bit to rearrange himself so he can start swallowing from the head easier. My year old female will simply pick up the rat and move it now that she's bigger