i'll join the whinge train.
Yellow, my resident problem feeder, is turning three come november. he doesn't strike the prey anymore, either. i make it dance for a few seconds so he sees it and i just leave it, then he waits for me to turn out the lights and leave him alone. i honestly don't know when this started, but there was a time when he was just over 2 years old where i was so frustrated with his picky-ness i just started tossing the rat in and walking away. after a month or so of this i guess he realized that's how he liked it to be; it was never consistent but he would eat every now and then.
he's eaten the past 4 (FOUR!) times with no fuss and it's been amazing! i've been surprised and excited every time i see no rat and happy snek. i guess i'm just going to have to get used to his winter fast but him coming out of it this year has been very reassuring.