Well I am a little late, but here is what I do. I keep the hatchlings together on soppy paper towels until after they all shed. I then seperate them, each into its own shoebox tub. I let them acclimate in those for 2-3 days. I then drop in a rat fuzzy and cover the rack with a blanket to block out distractions. I like what Jo said; don't drop the food right onto the snake. I then check back in an hour or so (rat fuzzies that I use really can't do any damage to a snake) and remove any uneatens (I feed live.) I repeat weekly.. so far, 5 out of 5 of my hatchlings from this year are eating (they were hatched in June.) One took several weeks but caught on!