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I typically do fresh kill but i have done frozen thawed also. I have found some of the picky ones wont want to strike it at all(when converting). What i end up doing, especially for some of my animals i know are hogs, is after offering and they wont take it i just drop it on top of them and close the bin. i usually go on to feeding my other animals. Around 15 minutes later i look back in and the food item is either gone or on its way down. This is about 90% success for me. Btw make sure you check on them after 15 to 20 min, dont want to leave a dead rat in there lol.
This is interesting. My first ball I fed a live hopper to for his first meal and he took it just fine, then I went to f/t rats and the first time he seemed interested but wasn't going to do anything. I went to lightly tap his body with it while doing the zombie dance and I accidentally dropped it (like less than an inch off) and when it rolled off he went for it. I have one snake that was supposedly slamming f/t rats that isn't right now and I'll have to try that with her to get her started with me. She downs live just fine though.