Re: Switching them from Live to Frozen!
Feed them PK first. If they refuse PK, make them take the live rat with you standing right there watching with tongs in their bin. Once they're used to that, try the PK again. You may not like it, but if you want 'em to switch, you have to make sure they're ok with taking dead food off the tongs.
Once they've had a couple of PK meals, take an FT rat, and thoroughly roll it in rat urine. Rats usually pee in one corner of their cage, so just rub that sucker into it good. Make sure it's good and warm, then offer it just like you did the PK. The snake will probably be so overpowered by the scent that it won't even notice the underlying difference.
Once you do this a couple of times, reduce the amount of scenting--just give it less of a dip in the rat potty. Reduce over the course of a couple of feedings, then offer unscented FT. The snake will have become used to that underlying FT odor, and it will be ok with the absence of the strong rat urine smell, and you should have no problem.
The above isn't going to work every single time, but it's one of the best tactics.
Re: Switching them from Live to Frozen!
I have converted all of mine to F/T. My one spider was really tough to do. Sounds like you have done a lot of reading up on this already. So I will not repeat everything, but the huge key I have found with all of mine is the heat.
I buy my F/T in bulk, and seperate them into sandwich baggies for my feedings. So I have one Zip Lock bag for each feeding basically. I leave the bag out to thaw, and once thawed I then fill my sink with extremely hot tap water (not boiled water just from the tap). Then I put the Zip Lock in the water. The Zip Lock keeps them dry. While feeding I keep this water very hot. When I present the F/T it is extremely warm temperature wise, and the feeding response is incredible. I hope this helps the temperature was the key for my picky eaters especially the spider who was only eating live.
All but one I feed in a seperate container, and I actually have two tubs going to speed up the process. I clean the tubs every so often, but they seem to keep the rodent scent anyway (my wife hates the smell). Now when we put them in the tub they get super aggressive lol. They know it's dinner time.
Hope this helps.
Re: Switching them from Live to Frozen!
i think you should feed it what it likes...if it like live then live it is...