The thing is he ate TWO medium sized mice on Monday without a problem f/t and I'm honestly thinking that this rat is too big for him right now. I tried the blow dryer method and he struck at it 3 times he just couldn't see a way to get it down. I'm gonna go back to CJ's (our local exotic animal place) tomorrow as its closed today and try again with one smaller rodent before I switch to live. He's already got a few puncture wounds (what they look like anyway) and I'm afraid he would actually be afraid of a live rodent ? I'm really quite stuck at the moment. I feel like I should have looked closer at him before I bought him but then again glad I did.