My female normal was eating F/T mice, she stopped eating. I got my first Pastel (Thanks Tim @ Ballroom Pythons) which was eating live rats so I figured that I would try live with my female since I was going to continue with the feeding that Tim was doing with my pastel.

Both are eating live rats, usually they are in their hides...I empty the cage of all decore give my snake a rub to wake them up a bit and dangle the rats in the cage by the tail for a few seconds and then drop them in at the opposite end...BOOM, within a minute, no more rats and no problems. AWSOME feeding responses from both snakes now!!