Alright. I honestly didn't think I would need to post here because I was seeing a lot of progress until today but ugh, I swear she is going to be the death of me.

For the past two months I've been trying to switch my girl to small rats. (Before, she was inhaling 2-3 adult mice under five minutes. She was a garbage can.) First three tries, she wouldn't take it at all, however, the 4th try, I got her to take it by leaving it in her cage while I went to go run errands. (I was not about to keep her in her feeding bin for another hour).

The week after that, (last week), I tried feeding it in her bin, she didn't take it. I left it in her cage again, she ate it about 15 minutes after I put it in there.

This week, however, she's totally snubbing it. I have a workshop to go to on Saturdays so I usually feed her before, if she doesn't it, I leave the rat in with her, and it's usually gone by the time I get back.

Not this time.

It's been 10 hours and she keeps on poking her head out of her hide, flicking her tongue over it, and going back in.

I was under the impression that once they got past the different smell and ate it, they would take it no problem. She seems to legitimately not like them. At all. (Seriously, the first time I offered her one, she struck at it, immediately let go, and made this weird movement with her mouth like she was licking her chops.)

I'll leave it in there over night and see what happens but I just do not want to be feeding her a whole colony of mice every feeding.