I just went to through the same thing with my butter hatchling. What worked for me was feeding live. I tried braining/scenting/halves etc. I finally broke down and bought a live pink. She took it alomist right away. I fed her in a deli cup and put it in a closet so it would be dark.

The next week I bought another pink and also asked the pet store for some bedding out of the mice cage. She took the live again.

The next week I thawed out a pink(kept it dry) and dropped it into the mice bedding in a paper bag and did a little shake n bake. I cleaned the bedding off of pink and offered it in the deli cup again. She took it. I did this another 3 weeks.

Yesterday I offered a plain old F/T and she took it. I went through a lot to get her to eat and waited too long to try live. I was more stubborn than she was. I really did not want to go live, but it didn't take long and only a little effort and she is on her way.

Hope this helps.
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