I have a little 90g male royal that will snatch a live small adult mouse up within 0.5 seconds of it being in his feeding tub with him. BUT whenever I try F/T, he'll show interest, start sniffing with his tongue, then turns around and slithers away like he doesn't want to be anywhere near it. Also if I touch it to his mouth, hoping he'll get the natural reaction to snatch, he'll quickly retract his head under his body and then skrt off. I let the F/T thaw out right next to his tub then use a hairdryer to heat it up.

I should also mention that he did skip his last feeding because he was in shed. Now he's constantly moving day and night because he's hungry. Also I should mention that after letting the mouse thaw just in a bowl with no water (air defrost) and BEFORE using the hairdryer, I went to see if he would take it at room temperature.... He DID lunge at it! But misses, then wouldn't try again. So obviously he's hungry, is willing to eat it, but is being stubborn about it.