I just talked about this in another thread recently, but speaking of learning some patience, I have an adult suppossed LTC Female, that i think is a WC, that went 55 Weeks without eating. I never messed with her except on cleaning day, and offered one prey item a week. Sometimes a rat, and sometimes a mouse. Finally, 55 weeks to the day after getting her, she ate a mouse. She ate two mice that day, and has been fed two mice a week since, only three weeks ago, so 6 mice total so far.