I hate feeding live, and these are my first to BPs but luckily the older one (5 or 6 yrs? got him from a friend who's husband moved out and left it) that had only ever eaten live, had no prob eating f/t.. and my new baby ball girl I got a in Jan. was already on f/t..
both do quite well without even tongs I just toss the f/t mouse/rat in and the get it.