Prometheus (my little fatty) hasn't skipped a meal since I got him. He could eat himself stupid if you kept on feeding him.

I've been feeding him every 5-7 days with a F/T small-medium sized adult rat, just as wide as his girth.

This past Sunday, I thawed the rats out overnight (like I usually do) and warmed the rat up with my blow dryer. He was doing the "hungry dance" - you know, head popping out of the hide, tongue flicking like crazy, head moving from side to side. So I go to dangle the rat in front of him and he recoils INSTANTLY away from the rat. I'm thinking what the heck is going on, this guy is ALWAYS hungry.

So I tried a few times, moving the rat within his view a few inches away from him and trying to make it do the zombie rat dance and he kept acting like he was terrified of the thing and moving away.

I decided he might not be hungry since his last meal and thought I would try 2 days later (today). He was moving all over his cage while I was thawing out the rat so I figured I would have better luck; but of course, it's the same thing all over again.

The rat is a fat male medium adult and is all black; I don't know if colour would affect his appetite? I know there's been discussions of this before, but what could possibly be wrong? I know I'm not overheating the rat because It feels slightly warm; like the body temperature of a live rat.

ps: All his temps and humidity is fine, before people start asking. He's also pooping regularly and peeing frequently when he's active at night.

Fast replies would be very convenient since I'm in the middle of trying to figure out with this now twice thawed rat.