I'm trying to switch my BP over to f/t rats--not that I'm stressed about it, I'm ok with live feeding, too. Just that f/t would be a lot more convenient and cost effective...as you all know.

Last night I tried without success. She would coil, watch that rat closely, but never strike. After a few minutes, she'd lose interest. Then I'd re-warm up the rat, because it loses heat quickly (small size). With the rat warm, she showed a very positive response--immediately coiled, faced the rat, followed it, but never struck. Then after about 2 minutes, loses interest again.

I'm kind of assuming it's because it's not warm. I know Big Gunns would just refer me to "if ball pythons could talk", which I completely see that side of (hilarious by the way).

How warm do you get the rat? How do you keep it warm?