I'e tried more frequent feedings and she just won't take it. The rats are more of a cross between a medium and a large without struggling at all. Sometimes she will take it at the 2 week mark but even then its a toss up. I keep her terrarium around 80-85 degrees and 55-65% humidity. I have a white halogen for daylight and ambient temperature and a red halogen for at night, a blue and white led so I can see her beautiful colors and a uvb that she occasionally basks under. my warm side contains a hide with a belly warmer and cool side contains a hide with no uth and water in the middle. She sheds around the 6 week mark on a regular basis and is always active and healthy so I haven't tried changing the feed schedule. I do use frozen and thaw them under warm water.