Well guy's, I gave it my best shot. I tried everything that I could think of and also what Tigergenesis did with the 108 degree thing. It didnt work. I even left it in there for several hours and all he ever did with it was use it as a speed bump because it was in his path of slithering. So.......I dont know if I will try to give it another shot the next time I feed him or not. He struck and ate the live mouse with no problem, then just ignored everything I tried with the f/t. After giving up on the f/t I went ahead and tossed in another live one and he immidiately took care of it. So either he is just going to eat live, or it is going to take a lot of trying on my part with the f/t's.