Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
I agree...feed live if you need to get a neonate/hatchling going...that's how nature programmed them.

Some snakes are still too timid & what has worked for me is to put a larger & heavy flat-bottomed pet bowl in the cage...something with sides that are 2.5"-3" deep,
that the live mouse/or rat crawler can't escape from. Leave this in dark cage overnight...many snakes feel braver if they can get a little above the prey to pounce on
them, as they can from the edge of this bowl (without tipping over the bowl).
Twice when trying to feed fuzzies we put them in a bowl as you described, and we have left overnight once. The hatchling seemed to fear a hopper when we put one in, but once we found him and the fuzzy both curled up together on the hot side of the enclosure, looking pleased as can be. It seems like he just isn't recognizing the mice as prey, but no scenting we've done has changed this.