How To Switch Stubborn Baby Sumatran From Live Mice To Frozen/Thawed

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That's what I have been doing only i've been running them under hot water over and over. Most of the time they will show interest by flickering their tongues and smelling them. Other times they act like they don't want anything to do with them. Whether they end up taking it or not, I always end up going through this for up to a half hour with each of these snakes on every feeding day. Neither of these snakes will ever actually strike at the prey, either. They just take them slowly and gently...

To be honest I stopped using warm water for thawing as it also washes away the rodent's smell / odour .
As I understand it , many ( all ?) snakes use their tongues to smell/taste their prey so that's why I changed ( very successfully ) to heating with a hairdryer after thawing on either a heat mat or radiator or boiler or whatever kind of heat source ( be care not to cook the rat though - just warm enough to thaw ) .