I got a bp last month and it's being a stubborn feeder, so I want to make sure I'm doing everything right. The crazy old lady at the pet store told me that 86 was perfect for the hot side. Yeah right -_-. Then when I told her I was having feeding troubles, she told me to put the snake in a paper bag with the prey and leave it over night. That didn't work go figure. So tonight is my snakes scheduled feeding so here's what I plan on doing (please give me any tips and correct me if I'm wrong).

1. thaw and warm up frozen hopper.

2. shake hopper infront of snake with tongs [chopsticks]

Every time I do this the snake seems scared and curles up into a ball, but in other feeding videos people touch the mouse to the snakes face and it strikes.

I really need to know if I'm doing something wrong. The temps and everything else are fine. Thanks....