I have an albino female that is 83 grams. She was hatched on Oct. 5th so she's about 2 months old at this point. The breeder that I bought her from fed her live, but there's no way that I can feed live, so I have to feed f/t. The third day that I had her, I put a f/t fuzzy in her tank and an hour or 2 later it was devoured. She didn't strike at it, but I walked away and checked about 2 hours later and it was gone. This occurred on Nov. 18th.

Tomorrow will be 3 weeks from the time that she has eaten, and she's starting to lose weight. After her first meal with me, she jumped up to 92 grams, and then she pooped and dropped down a little bit. I can't seem to get her even interested in the f/t mice anymore. I dangle them in front of her face and she turns away from it. I leave it outside of her hide and it goes untouched the whole night. Luckily, my little guy Akeda is a garbage disposal and will eat the mouse the following morning.

Husbandry is all good; UTH is at 91, Ambient temps at 88 and 83, and humidity is at 60% and I don't bother her. The only thing that I can think of that would stress her out is the mite treatment that I've been giving her. I've been spraying her down with a 30:1 distilled water to NIX Cream rinse because it has permetherin in it. I got this solution from my other breeder (of whom I trust WAY more than the first one) and sunday she received her last treatment.

What can I do to entice her to eat? I don't have mouse shavings so I can't rub the f/t down with mice scent, and it's extremely hard to find rat pups where I live in NH.