Ray, my BP just recently came off of a 6 month hunger/shed/crap/whiz strike.
So far he has had two feeds and he was not interested. So, I put the live food away for a day and came up with a new feeding routine that I call the "Sniff Test".
I take my 8-10 inch tweezers and grab and rub the rat real good.
I then take the empty tweezers into the cage of the snake and wave them around his head, and Scwhwing!!! He is at attention and looking for action.
I put put the rat in the cage and there is no messing around.
(that's the reason I make sure to wash my hands before handling my snake- I have a dog and a cat as well!)