Success! Unsure why, but success!
Got two live fuzzies today. Fed the first and snake was swallowing from inside the hide so best I could do was dangle it outside the hide. Saw tail hanging out mouth and snake striked the small f/t rat I had ready but it was only a half wrap. Came back a few minutes later and it was hovering over the f/t but not seeming interested. I finally took the f/t out and offered the other fuzzy, which it quickly ate. Again, it did the swallowing from inside the hide but I dangled the f/t as it was finishing and it struck fairly quickly.
This time I left it alone for like an hour (had to run an errand) and when I got back it had eaten.