Today was my second attempt at feeding my Normal Caramel. (Last time I tried was Wednesday). After about 15-20 minutes of trying to feed her I wanted to stop (she kept flinching away from the mouse and trying to get out the feeding tank, or if I tried putting her in there again she would stay in a corner and not move as long as it was the furthest corner from the mouse), but my friend (who has a 1 yr old BP) said he wanted to try a few things first to try and get her to at least find some interest in it. We tried putting them nose to nose but she wanted to be no where near it (would move her head side to side like to get away). We didn't have any tuna so we tried putting some chicken broth on the mouse but that didn't peak her interest either. All these things went on for about an hour and even though my husband and friend wanted to keep trying I decided to call it quits because she was getting very flighty and agitated and seemed to want to be no where near the mouse.
It doesn't matter what size we have put in front of her (pinky, fuzzy, hopper [hopper is about the size she should be on]) She just slides away from them or flinches when it touches her.
I don't really know what to do at this point. I decided I'm going to try F/T this weekend coming up and thaw it near her so she can smell it and hopefully after not eating for 2 1/2 weeks she will be hungry and go into feeding mode. I want to save busting brains out and assisted feeding as a last resort. Here's to hoping it doesn't get to that point.
EDIT: I meant to say "How long should YOU attempt..."
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