Since yours already eats F/T it should but not definately be simple to convert to striking. I have a male that now all I do and all I ever did was dangle the F/T (not live) by the tail using tweezers or hemos. Now the female I have would not touch F/T and I tried by the tail and holding the mouse by the back to make it appear as if it was walking. I gave up and started live, after the first two feedings I noticed she would sit in one spot and watch the mouse both times as soon as the mouse touched her she grabbed it and coiled it up. So I tried the same with F/T the next feeding. I held the mouse by the back and made it walk around. Then I got near her and backed away, the second time I actually touched her with the mouse and she coiled it up and ate it. Two more times since then the same method caused her to strike and eat but no other method has worked. Also warming the F/T with a hairdryer to 95-100 seems to work best anything lower and mine wont touch it, you don't want to hot either.
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