Sounds like some quality acting - but maybe don't quit the day-job just yet

I feed live, in a seperate container. When I have time for it, I let the meal-to-be hang around in the tub for a bit and then scoop it back out prior to introducing my BP. This, of course, gets mouse smell all over the feeding tub. I definately noticed an increase in attentiveness when initially placing my snake into the feeding tub. Previously, he would have no idea what's going on until actually seeing the mouse. With the pre-scenting he's clearly expecting to get fed right away.