I finally have gotten my super pastel to eat 2 consecutive times and today I'm hoping for the third but I've changed a few things around. He had a half log warm hide and an exo Terra snake cave for cool hide. He would rarely leave the cool hide except when exploring at night and that's when I would try to feed and he would only eat every 2-3 feedings. These last 2 times I fed during day and took rat with tongs and kept poking its head into snake cave and he struck and consumed both times. I took advice and bought 2 matching hides from reptile basics. They came the same day as last feeding so I only switched out the hot hide so I didn't disturb him while digesting food. I actually caught him in it Friday so he must like it. I put in an rhp Saturday and also switched the exo Terra snake cave to the other reptile basics hide. He is actually using both now to regulate his temp which I'm happy about.

The snake cave had a hole in top so I won't be able to feed the same with the RBI hides. I would like suggestions how some of you would go about feeding with the changes I've made.