He wouldn't strike or bite when I was offering it with tongs, the only bites and semi-coils were when I placed it on his hide.

I thought I was lucky, and "out of the water", since I successfully got him to eat f/t last week on the first try without a refusal, but now that it look even longer this week I am getting worried that the switch to f/t is now going to be a hassle every week ... I don't know if its in my mind or not but he has already seemed to plump up a bit between his last live mouse, shed, and his first small rat within the last few weeks :tax: