Quote Originally Posted by AdamF View Post
IMHO (previously posted) a "slightly hungry" one, will do better taking FT. If your goal is "eat one meal every week", then your pet may win the battle, as he can easily outlast you. If your goal is, "get him/her to eat FT", then you may have a chance to convert.
Hah! You're probably right there....but I'm a total "Jewish mother" when it comes to food.

"You seem hungry/full/sad/tired/ill/happy/alive....here, have some food."

I usually try to sneak up on him with a f/t after he's come out of a shed, since he won't eat during, but that's only a whopping total of two weeks without food...soooooooooo. Why drink water when you can just wait and have champagne?

I like the idea of a p/k rat pup though.....maybe he just doesn't know the taste.....I shall search for live rat pups then even if I have to set up a breeding pair myself!