I can't stand feeding live... but that's how some BPs are.. picky lol. 2 of my BPs prefer live... My spider male will strike and coil a f/t rat, but he'll spend a long time looking for it, then give up... Then he won't eat it or strike at it afterwords... My pastel het clown ate ONE f/t rat fuzzy but now she won't even strike at them.. She'll just hide from them.. I tried live, and it really entices her to hunt, strike, kill, then eat. Whatever it takes to get her to eat! I'll try again once she's a bit bigger and I can try to experiment s'more, possibly skipping a feeding or 2.. I just don't want to try it with a baby