Quote Originally Posted by snakesonaplane View Post
I've never had a problem with that. I feed f/t to mine. How long are you thawing them for? Depending on size of rat, they need to be in hot (almost boiling in my case) water for 15-30 minutes. My ball takes them wet and hot every time with that method. What did the original owner do to defrost? A hair dryer?
Nice avatar. and to add to your post, maybe it was never fed F/T.

To the OP. Can you clarify this? Was the ball eating live, pre-killed, or F/T?