Good luck. Ive heard several cases where people had a really hard time getting their BP to switch from live to f/t. Im really lucky because thats what mine was started out on so ive never had a problem with him taking a f/t. If you havnt already tried it, you should prescent the room with the f/t. That might help some. Another thing is to gently shake the rat pup with the feeding tongs. It will make your BP think its alive. Thats what I have to do when I feed mine or he wont strike. Has to have that movement. I wish you the best of luck.