Background: Kona is a 16 yo rescue who was apparently always a "picky eater." She used to eat live, switched to f/t and her past owner said she does better with f/t.

I've had her for about 4-5 months and she's eaten once. ONCE. And the one time that she ate, the rat had popped (sorry, I know it's gross) on the heating pad prior to offering it to her. So I've been thinking maybe she likes the smell of the blood and I've been cutting the heads of the f/t rats a bit, but it doesn't help.

She actually will "run" away from the rat when I offer it. I don't understand

Also, she spends all of the daylight hours seemingly trying to escape from her tank (40 gallon)---she's always slithering around and up the walls.

Her hides, temp, and humidity are good (measured by accu-rite). Any ideas?