Changes to feeding routine

[Blepblep]

Be aware that immersing the rat in the boiling water changes the scent of the rat, so if your python doesn't want to eat a rat that hasn't had the boiling water dip, that's likely the reason. Boiling prey is a standard method for enticing unstarted or non-rodent eating snakes to eat rodents, and I've boiled innumerable thawed rodents; it changes the smell/taste of the rodent considerably.

It is definitely more healthy than not eating

Okay dokay, I'll try and be aware that a new method might not work; I've been feeding Naga like this since I first got him fifteen years ago, so with one or two exceptions, it's all he's really known.

I hope that he adapts, but I guess it won't be the end of the world if it fails. Like you say, it's better that he eats something than nothing at all