Finally got him to eat a live small rat! i put him in the tub i use to hold the rats in when im cleaning their cage, then put the rat in with him and bam! grabbed it right up without hesitation.

i think the reason he wasnt eating is because he is used to being in a tub/rack and i have him in a 20 gal tank (which is my quarantine tank) he will be going into a tub in my snake room on the 22nd so im going to have to feed him in the holding tub till then.

super happy he ate! i hate feeding live rats, i used to have 2 as pets a while back and it makes me sad when i have to watch them die like that :/ im going to try a f/t next week and hope he takes it!