Bumping this looking for some help. For the 2nd week in a row he has shown no interest in a F/T rat. I kind of assume it is because he might be going into shed. The problem is I have not been handling him a lot since he is still fairly new and trying to keep his stress level down. I have not seen his eye change in color and his current skin color appears to be normal. I know not to feed him when he is getting ready to shed, but I am not sure if he is refusing because he doesn't like the F/T or if he is about to shed. I have had him for 5 weeks now so he should be ready to shed any time based on "normal time lines" that I read. If I just offer him a F/T once a week until I actually see him shed will that stress him out or would it be better to not try to feed him for another week or so to see if he does shed?