Quote Originally Posted by mcavana View Post
Ok, I switched him to a 15 quart sterilite tub that fits into one of my racks. no hide (there isn't room for him in that tiny tub AND a hide) and a small water bowl. He is on the top of the rack where it is warmest... hot side of 93 degrees

Will see how that goes. The next feeding attempt (in one week)... What size rat and how should I feed it? Should I get a live pup and drop it in the tub with him over night? Or should I hold a small live rat in front of his face and give up if he doesn't strike in a couple minutes??? Or should I drop a small live rat in the tub with him and check back in 5 minutes? I am assuming dropping the small rat in with him would be a bad idea... too cramped in there, it would probably just scare the hell out of him!

he was eating small live rats when he went off feed. in the 24 attempted feedings since he went off feed, probably half the time I offered normal rats, half the time I offered ASF's.
Why dont you try mice.

I have a picky Het albino male that was not feeding after the breeding season ( I knew of this ahead of time when i bought him!) and tried mice a few weeks later or so and BAM has been eating for me ever since.