Definitely seconding this bit, which I learned the hard way. My two BPs have very different personalities. Ravus is the garbage bin, and will eat anything, anywhere, including while cruising around his tub. Ignis, on the other hand, is the one with the gourmet palate. Even if he is hungry and interested enough to strike and wrap, he has ultimately abandoned f/t rats in any of the following conditions:
- not warm enough (I have to blast the blowdryer on his rats' faces for 5 seconds longer)
- not fresh enough (the last of a f/t supply from 2 months ago)
- any rat re-offered more than twice in the same 1-2hr sitting (see: "not fresh enough")
- too soggy (a leak in the ziploc bag when I was thawing the rat in water)
- pee smell on the rat
- slightly too big
- slightly too small.
That last bit stumped me for a while, but apparently his royal highness deems both oversized AND undersized prey as "not worth the effort." It always feels like a hard-earned victory when I satisfy Iggy's fastidious meal specifications.