I KNOW this baby snake has never eaten, and I know it is at least 3 weeks old, Im tired of waiting, he seems a little skinnier, I tried live pinky mice, live pink rat, and ft hoppers, in cage and not.

I got a live rat in his cage from last night. He seemed so interested at first, and kinda would twitch I guess when the mouse moved like he was gonna bite or at least as if he was excited. Guess not.

Im wondering if I should hold the snake and where, and how far to put the mouse in, like until the mouse is at his throat so basicly just the mouses head, or just barely at all, just enough to get it in with his mouth open which seems the most logical. I know to use Q tips to get mouth open, but will the snake fight me? Mine seems laid back for the most part.

I was also wondering if feeding this live pink rat is ok durring an assist feed so he gets the idea of eating live mice to help him get started? Or if I plan on going to FT should I try a FT hopper?