BP Won't Eat - very nervous

[reptilemom25]

The more snakes you have kept, the more you realize how many different ways there are to get some to feed. They truly don't all follow the same playbook.
Drop-feeding shouldn't work for BPs...by the time they get to it, the rodent has cooled off...yet some here have posted success with just leaving the rat or mouse.

This is so true. I am so glad that this forum is here as a resource and that people with experience are willing to help those just starting out. I never would have even considered drop feeding if I hadn't read about it here, and it is the only way one of my BP's will eat. He won't strike with me standing over him, but if a leave the mouse at the door of his hide it's gone within 5 min of me closing the doors. Most of the time he strikes it from inside his hide and drags it in.