Will not touch f/t

I think the biggest problem people have switching from live to f/t is how they prepare the food.

We have had the best luck letting the rodent defrost at room temp (86 in our snake rooms) on a thick padding of newspaper to defrost slowly. When fully defrosted rub them dry in a paper towel so it fluffs them dry and creates a little heat from the friction. When we offer f/t done this way we have about a 90% feed success.

If you do the hot water route it can cook the rodent on the inside, and it also makes them have a very strong smell, which a lot of snakes do not like.

Hope this helps.

If not try to leave a f/t rodent in front of its box at night and they will usually take it.

I usexd to do the zombie dance with tongs for my BP, but then I tried pre-scenting. I just took the plastic bag the mice came in and put it in his cage for a good 5 minutes under supervision of course. He came out of his hide in the middle of the day after smelling it.

I put him in his seperate feeding enclosure with the mouse and it took him all but 4 seconds to find and strike.

The other thing I think helps is putting them in a seperate enclosure. I've had a Cali King for 2 years now and every time he goes into the seperate enclosure I have for him (his is different from the BP's) he litterally goes into feeding more. He knows where he is and knows what's coming even before I put the mouse in.

The BP seems to be starting to do that too now. They seem to learn what it means when you put them somewhere else.