"Maybe it just really likes this food? I'd think it would be able to just graze if it was that hungry..."

But what does he know?

He steps back a bit and watches the cute tableau as the animal lowers its head for another mouthful of hay. (He may or may not capture a photo with a twist of his fingers, because cute.) "Do you think it would let us pet it while it's distracted...?"

Apparently, while he was distracted with the door, he's missed that she already beat him to that.