My baby ball python didn't eat for over a month and then he finally ate a live small mouse because he was on live before I got him. He has now had 3 meals exactly every 7 days and shed last week. His last was on the 21st. I would like to switch to f/t because it is really hard to find small mice for him to eat, and I already had an incident where his tooth hooked and he ate his face....I really don't want that happening again...although maybe it was just a fluke I don't know...I have found a couple healthy looking poops in his house.

He is still pretty thin from not eating for so long, should I try feeding every 5 days? How often would be best?

How can I go about switching him over, he refused f/t when I first got him, even though I tried everything! He doesn't have the best feeding response, it took him a little under an hour to kill the first mouse, under 10 the second time, and about 30 minutes this last time.

Should I just thaw it out, heat it up, and leave it in his house in front of his hide?

Thanks for any and all help!