as i have mentioned waaayyy to many times in the last couple of months, Monty is still not feeding. he has struck once or twice at a prey item but im not sure if they were even feeding strikes.

soooo since im gonna try feeding again tomorow night i was wondering if y'all could give me some input and those little tricks u do for an unwilling feeder.

the prey item of choice thats on the menu for tomorw nite is a small/ medium rat. he was eating rats pretty steadily from around this June last year till November when he went off but hes a lot thinner now and i was maybe thinkin of downsizing to a mouse. or a rat pup (although it can be hard to find rat pups in my area). I have tried to feed this particular rat to Monty several times. I wonder if that matters.

mostly i worry about stressing him though so i dont handle Monty as much as i want to and im reluctant to change his feeding habit because of stress but then again he hasnt had feeding habits for 7 odd months now.

What do u think?