Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
I had a confirmed mouser that I converted by a combination of two things. I got some dirty mouse bedding and I put a handful of it in the front of her enclosure. I waited until she came out of her hide, actively tongue flicking and looking for a mouse, then I dropped in a live white rat and she hit it immediately.

She got wise to that, so then, because she was in good body condition, I employed "tough love". I offered a rat once a week. If she refused, I didn't break down and give her mice. Eventually, she was hungry enough to eat rats and she took them from then on.

The "tough love" approach should only be done with an animal with good weight. If you get concerned about loss of weight, go back to mice, then try again later.
Yeah, we've gotten Lois-the-mouser to eat one live rat that way, but she wised up, too. "Tough love" is basically the only way I've ever converted anybody to anything.