Magellan took his first meal for me this week. He's been keeping to his hide for the most part, so I simply placed the F/T rat in the opening of the hide and left it there. A little while later, I glanced over at the enclosure to see movement. Not wanting to possibly stress or startle him while he was eating, I stayed away until an hour or two later, and then simply lifted the hide up enough to make sure the rat hadn't just been dragged inside and ignored (don't want a dead rat going back to nature in the enclosure...). Sure enough, the rat was completely gone and Magellan had that "fat happy" look about him.

I've checked back a couple of more times to make sure the rat stayed down, and so far, nothing amiss.

If your new BP isn't spending much time outside the hide, you might try the same thing and see if it decides to chow down when you aren't looking.