so the past few weeks some of my snakes have been refusing to eat(got to love Bps), so it got me thinking, i normally defrost my rodents by putting them in containers in my reptile room for around 4-6 hours with a fan blowing on them to scent the room. then they got warmed my hot tap water. Thinking about trying the hair dryer method to see if that gets some of the snakes back on feedings. what do you guys think? for people that have tried the hair dryer and hot water methods what seem to get the best feeding response out of your snakes? does the sound of the hair dryer bother the snakes?

now the pied question
so i got a pied from my gf cowork, on july 10th. he has not eaten since i got him(one week he was shedding so no food was offered). i talked to the guy i got him from and said when he first got him he would eat F/t rat pups for a few weeks. Then he stop eating so he tried adult mice(still f/t) ate them for 2 weeks, then he stopped eating for 2 weeks so he offered adult live mice to him, and ate them then stopped feeding agin for 2 weeks. I have tried offering weaned rats f/t rats to him and adult f/t mice to him(he is 484 grams), do you guys think i should just keep at the f/t weaned rats/ adult mice or try offering him live, or does it just seem like i have one of the "bad eater pieds". i figured i would keep trying f/t for a few more weeks(it has only been 2 tries at feeding), but he comes over to the rat, smells it and then defensive strikes at it and moves away. temps/humidity is perfect-basking 90-91 cold end-80-84, humidity 50-56%, 15 qt tub. I try to only open his tub sunday for cleaning cage day/feeding day, wed/fri for new water day. i might just try to keep his tub shut for a full week no disturbing him not even for new water. And before anyone says it i know im over reacting, i just hate having to throw uneaten mice/rats out, or having my carpet stare at me on feeding day like " yeah tom bring those uneaten rats my way ill finish them for everyone"(yeah shes my garbage disposal).
thanks for the help
tom