i just purchased 2 snakes from a breeder last thursday so ive had them for 8 days, i let them get used to their new environment for 4 days then offered them a live rat pinky what the breeder was feeding them and my mojave hit is instantly and my spider it took 2 hours of the rat pinky sitting in her cage then she took it. Then tonight 5 days later i offered them both a f/t rat pinky and all i did was drop them in thier cage(my mojave girl took it out of mid air) after thawing them out in warm water and with a blow dryier i heat the head up for 2-3 seconds longer than the body to prevent them from swallowing them backwards. only reason why i fed f/t is cause im waiting on a rat to give birth which should be any day. And when they strike at the f/t rat pinky i wiggle is to make the snake squeeze harder like she would have to to kill a live rat pinky.
Hope that helps oh ya and i havnt held either of them yet after the unboxing im probably going to wait another feed or 2 till i pick them up just to make sure that they consistently feed till i handle them. and i feed them at the same time of day the breeder did at 9:00pm