She refused the food as I suspected she was going to, but I at least wanted to try. Tomorrow will be day 13 since her last meal.

Let me go through what I did really quick to make sure I'm not screwing something up;

- Thaw the frozen mouse package in warm water
- Open the enclosure
- Gently tapped her hide
- Gently removed the hide
- Moved vines and plants out of the way
- Approached BP from behind and gently stroked her flank
- At this point she jerked suddenly, like a nervous flinch, and recoiled
- Being my first time doing this her quick action caught me off guard, which must have spooked her because she immediately started running for the thick leaves of the hot side
- I tried to stop her by grabbing her lower half & tail, but I thought it wise not to pull her out by force when she was already scared enough to run.
- After a minute I decided to try again, so I removed the silk plant from the back corner of the hot hide and as I did so noticed that she was wrapped around the "stem" of the leaves.
- I lifted the entire plant, snake and all, out of the enclosure and placed her into my feeding tub (I might get a deeper tub for this going forward).
- She immediately let go of the plant and started exploring. I had to gently pull her back into the tub a couple of times, but overall she stayed put and looked around. She seemed really curious! (that or running for her life in abject terror...I'm still learning to speak reptile and may have mistranslated this).
- Removed plant from feeding tub.
- Cut open the mouse package
- Using feeding tongs, dunked the mouse in the warm water again for several seconds
- Pat-dried the mouse on paper towels
- Simulated mouse movement approximately 6" from face of python
- BP seemed interested for a moment but ultimately turned away
- After a few more unsuccessful attempts I reintroduced her to the enclosure and she immediately fled to the cold side and curled up behind that hide against the back glass and out of sight.
- I misted down the tank and returned everything to position.

So there it is start to finish.
My first time ever attempting to feed a snake.
Would be very interested to hear your analysis. I'm sure I bungled a thing or two.
I've got 2 more frozen mice on hand to attempt a feeding with.
I figure if she blows through 4 separate feedings without a single strike I'll likely switch her to the 6qt tub enclosure to FINALLY get her calm enough to eat.
Perhaps this snake is extra skittish?

Thanks!