Quote Originally Posted by td30 View Post
New night, same result. This kid just don't want to eat anything dead. Any last minute advice before I throw in the towel and go buy a live mouse? A little good news though, my RTB switched from f/t mice to f/t rat fuzzies on the first attempt!
I found that my BP won't eat f/t IF they're not warm enough. Try the hot-water-in-a-bag approach and make sure you leave it in long enough to get the core temperature up to standard. Then try the zombie dance on the tongs or just leave it in there for about 30 mins. My BP wasn't eating her f/t so it just dawned on me, they use the heat to target their prey. So, I warmed them up even more (not too hot to burn her) and she didn't even let me get it to the bottom of the tank! She struck with the speed and efficiency that keeps us in awe and took it right off the tongs. It was after her shed so she was pretty hungry. She left me the tail on the tongs of the second one!