Well about 30 minutes ago, I offered my BP a frozen thawed small rat, and she took it! I tried about 8 months ago and it didn't work, but they were soggy.. The 2 small rats in the box that were F/T were actually almost twice as small as the live rats she has been eating.(still I only fed her 1, and it left a lump in belly. So that's good) Soooooo excited right now! No more lying to store employees and trying to convince them that I wasn't using the rodents for feeders. I have had her for a year, and every meal she has ever ate with me has been live. Well supervised, I might add. But even when supervised, she has taken small scratches and bites. They are not going to strike and coil perfect every time. And it would eat me up, when she got even the most super of minor scratches or bite. I was so paranoid that it would leave permanent markings and scars, but I was wrong. Her body is flawless as if she was eating f/T her whole life. But her prey is getting bigger, and these rats were making me very worried. I knew if I kept live feeding, she would eventually suffer a bite that wouldn't heal without leaving scars, and I want her to stay flawless. I need some advice, although I have been rambling, I gonna ask here, instead of beginning a new thread. Very much of a noob when it comes to F/T. And I had a couple issues. 1, the Ziploc bag it came in was not water proofed. So the rat got wet. Just nasty looking. Lol. 2. I used a hair dryer to dry the rat, but even on its highest setting, it seemed to be cooling the rat off. 3. Part of the skin of the tail slipped off, from the tongs... So basically, I wanna know, an efficient way of heating it, without it getting soaked, and with my ?herpistats?(giant tweezers, lol), do I dangle it by its tail, or grab the rat by the neck? Cuz with it hanging upside down, that's not a natural presentation. Sorry for the long thread. Hopefully you stayed tuned long enough to get to my questions. All replies are greatly appreciated!