My new BP "Lucy" has been home for about a month now. I got her to take FT with the second attempt but I think it was a fluke. She had no interest in FT the next feeding and I tried everything. I began to worry about her feeding, having heard all the horror stories, so I decided to get her a live baby rat. And swith back to FT after she was on a good feeding schedule.

Well that rat never even hit the substrate!!! I was a bit surprised at how fast and violent the strike was. But I was really not prepared for the horrible noise that poor rat made as Lucy squeezed the life out of it. I must admit that it was both tragic and magnificant all at once. Does anyone else have compassion for the food or is it just me?