Hungry And A Tad Grumpy

Alice was either grumpy or just a little nervous today. When I entered her room to feed her I thought I heard a little tail rattle. When I reached her habitat I could see that she was rattling her tail a bit. She turned towards me with her neck in an “S” shape. She stopped rattling her tail and watched me remove several items from her habitat. I placed my hand on the substrate in front of her and waited a minute. She started to crawl around and sniffed each one of my fingers. She then crawled across my hand so I could pick her up. I put her in her feeding bin and prepared a rat for her. True to form, she nailed the rat as soon as I reached inside the feeding bin with it. 30 minutes later I followed up with a large mouse. I have an order of medium rats arriving this week. Once I get them weighed and sized up, I can plan next weeks meal. It will be nice to be able to feed her one properly sized item instead of multiple items. Thanks, Jim