Quote Originally Posted by JamesMX39
I assume that since you have tried feeding him that rat before, that you are feeding him live prey.

Try getting a different rat, maybe?

Give the rat (live or otherwise) a dip in some chicken broth prior to putting him in. I've heard of this helping with f/t prey, but really, I don't see why this wouldn't work with live too. You would probably have one pissed off rat though.
No way would I dip a live animal in broth. For starters if it was "pissed off" it's not going to be a rat you want to put in live with your snake. Secondly it's likely going to inhale broth and if it's not eaten immediately it's going to get sick, die and you've wasted a rat (also let's remember to be humane to our prey creatures, our snakes owe them a lot). If it's a f/t prey then the chicken broth idea might work, I've read about it though can't honestly say I've seen anyone on BPNet mention it working all that well.