Quote Originally Posted by Godzilla78 View Post
Just put the rodent in there and wait. Usually within minutes or even seconds, I hear a THUMP, as the snake strikes and constricts the poor little rat! If the snake doesn;t attack the rat within 5 minutes, it is not hungry, or is stressed out for some reason.

Feeding live is SO EASY it is feeding pre-killed that is difficult for many snakes.
This is generally correct but it really depends on the animal. My most extreme example is a male I have that is too tame. He will only eat FT rats. Runs from live. Has never eaten live.

I do not recommend the following but it is a qwerk of this particular animal and it took me a long time to figure it out because it is so abnormal and against everything we are taught. This boy does not strike. He will only eat if I hand feed him and hold the rat so that it touches his nose. He just casually takes it into his mouth then wraps it. Strange animal. No other animal I have has ever acted like this. I keep waiting for him to get riled up one day and tag me but it has been years and I have never seen this guy get excited once.