Last night I offered my male Pastel BP a small rat. The BP struck and coiled around the rat...then the rat bit him. There was no damage done to the snake, but he was freaked out pretty badly and did not try to feed again that night. Anyway...I'm now going to start offering either freshly killed rats or F/T rats. This has been a thought for a while, but this has given me the ambition to follow through with it.

How exactly do you prepare and present a F/T rat? I have heard of people using hair dryers to thaw and warm them. How warm do you want the rat to be? Then you feed them from a set of tongs? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks,