Quote Originally Posted by p3titexburial View Post
Ah, one more thing, it may be the way you're wriggling it--my newly acquired female gets scared it if I'm dangling it but will go for it if I'm shaking it side to side, or "walking" it on the floor. There also seems to be less of a miss as well when it comes to striking--although I don't know if this is simply an individual characteristic.
Yes, I find it helpful to add an audible cue by dragging the rat's feet across the astroturf along the bottom of the enclosure. I concur that dangling didn't work for me - hey, since when do rodents fly?