Thanks so much! That was a very encouraging post! I like this forum already!
I’ll try some of those techniques soon. I really hope my experience matches yours, that would be so lovely!
Even though a few hours ago I said I wouldn’t feed him he was clearly on the prowl when I got home.
so just out of curiosity a defrosted a rat near him and he was super engaged. I decided to feed him... there was no immediate strike so I left him alone, 15 minutes later it was goneI know it’s not the done thing to feed for a week but he just looked... keen?
The extra cool thing is that he’s only eaten live pinky mice at the breeders so far... so no problem at all to convert him to f/t rats. I take that as a good sign!