Well to be honest the only way to find out is to try. My snakes seem a bit unpicky. They will eat rats and mice F\K or live. I have never fed F\T to any of my animals due to there being very few vendors of frozen thawed in my area besides Petco or Petsmart which I don't go to due to their ignorance in care for animals (at least the store near me). I also breed my own rats so F\K is pretty easy. Try it out if he doesn't take it you are just our one more rat. You could also do the tong block where you watch for the strike and wrap and if it is bad and the rat is in a position it can bite the snake put the tongs in the rats mouth to block the bite.