i kill the rat and offer it in front of the snake with forceps. usually they get it, but sometimes they prefer it live and refuse dead rat. all of my snake is moody eater (sometimes accept dead, other time prefer live) but they feeding quite well except 4 couple last month, their mood getting worse and enter fasting period for 2 months and now they start eating again but this time they totally refuse rat (some still accept rat now and then, so this week rat,next week mice).....because of this i have 2 buy mice and rat

previous owner feeding them mice and i bought from them mid last year

i still prefer rat instead of mice because it 2 small 2 my bp (the smallest 400 grams, the bigest 900 grams)