No, it wasn't feeding time and I take him out a few times a week for a little bit so taking him out isn't always proceeded by feeding. I looked at my finger and it just has many small bite marks. No teeth in there that I can see. My finger is in a lot of pain though and I can't bend it all the way or straighten it out all the way either. It swelled up pretty bad when it happened and it's still pretty puffed out. I have aspen chips as his bedding so that's why I've always fed him in a separate container. For the 5 1/2 years I've had him it's never been an issue. I bought him from a breeder and that's how he fed him with freeze/thawed mice. So, he's never eaten live rodents. He does still go after it like it's alive though. Anyway, hopefully my finger recovers from this since I have a job where I do a lot of heavy lifting so I need two healthy hands and ten healthy fingers! I felt bad after about the way I reacted to it but it just caught me by surprise and I guess when something clamps down on your finger like that and wraps around your hand, and it's very painful, it's hard to just be calm at the time, especially it being a finger which can get damaged much easier than if it's your hand or your arm where there is more muscle to take something like that. Anyway, thanks for the advice.

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