Yes my BP is the same way when I Dingle a rat has to be inside the hide,the live rat I just dropped it in the enclosure and I came back 1 hour later and it was gone.im going to feed a 2 or 3 more times on live and see if it will go back to Frozen thawed.it could he the smell or the color.Also my BP is very territorial anything that goes in the enclosure he will attack it.