It really depends on how long youre interested in dangling the food in front of the snakes face. Some will eat if you just drop it in but i have personally never has luck with that. Of course its important to get a thawed food item to the correct temp first otherwise your snake might not know what to do with it.

I think more breeders actually feed live than FT... it provides its own enticement. You can just throw in the live food and walk away, but be sure to never leave it in too long.

Personally i feed live and put eyes on the interaction every 20 minutes quick and easy the animals eat great.