Thanks for your detailed feedback!
You are so correct about the strong negative feedback loop. I think eating is a good idea, but only the first enemy walks up to the monster, the next two shoot at a distance, but there definitely should be something to make it fun to escape that situation.. The grab size was originally bigger, but I made it smaller last minute and now I regret it :C. I found that I was having trouble with the grab area being too bi and trying to grab a specific thing wasn't working.