Hi Bogertophis,
Yes! She and my boyfriend's pastel are our first balls, so we researched the heck out of her not eating back in March to make sure it was brumation or some other moodiness and not an enclosure or illness related thing. Ironically, before her I always by chance ended up with male snakes who would eat a dirty sock if offered, so this is my first experience with pickiness aside from our bearded dragons during brumation.
Yeah, the scent was what I was thinking, too. It's the only other variable I can think of about the rat. In the bag of rats we're currently working on there's no droppings, but hitting up the pet store might work. I feel like I've seen scenting things (like when you use pheromones for hunting, but for pet foods) online somewhere, so that's worth looking into.
Thank you Bogertophis and Andiamo for making me feel more at ease about this! <3
If anyone else has any ideas, I'm open to them too
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