Switching from live mice to frozen thawed rats?

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After thawing, I used a hairdryer for a few seconds on high heat right before offering the prey item. BPs have heat pits that detect thermo signals (essentially heat vision) so the hair dryer helps sell the idea that the F/T rodent still "looks" alive.

As for eventually upgrading from mice to rats, for several transitional feedings I put a mouse in a bag with a rat while thawing to mix the scents. I gave the mouse to my chickens as they'll eat anything, but you can otherwise just dispose of the mouse. Burying it next to a plant/tree if possible would be a good way to not let the body go to waste.

With both of these techniques my BP went from live to F/T and then mice to rats without a hitch.

I did the same thing. After thawing the rat fuzzy out, I take a hair dryer to it and make sure I'm blowing it in the direction of her enclosure to trigger that feeding response and then I spend a little more time on the head to give her a solid target. After that, I double check the temperatures of the rat and then feed it to her. She took to frozen thawed immediately on the first try. She was already on live fuzzy rats when I got her though so I never had to deal with switching from mice to rats.