Usually bring home balls and give them a week to chill.....but knew this one was going to be a first time eater, and since I thawed out the anery corn hatchling's first meal out of the egg tonight, I decided to try the ball's also.....baby corn, since named George, took his f/t pinkie right off. For the ball, still unnamed by my son, took his fuzzy rat also with no problems....I just put it in his hide and half an hour later it was gone. I loveit when they eat first meal out of egg with no problem, but I really LOVE it when it's F/T for the first Yippee