Quote Originally Posted by Reed12321 View Post
?...The frozen one can always be put back in the freezer, and the longer the rat pup lives, the weaker it'll get (without it's mother's milk that is). That's a little inhumane, but if the rat is weak and unable to fight back a lot, then your snake may be more willing to try to eat it.
I must disagree with this advice. It is inhumane to starve a rat. When you have live animals in your possession they should be properly cared for, even when their eventual fate is to be a prey item. If the snake is too weak to handle the prey, I would suggest a smaller prey.

Fortunately, the OP has been successful at getting the snake to feed. No doubt we can all agree this is good news.