If you pull him out a week or two before the female you should have no problem getting him to feed. All males feed great until they get a wiff of the females pheromones. If the females are still cooling he should feed with no problems. Just make sure you have had him cooled long enough, other wise it all may be for nothing.

I have never bred easterns, but with my experience with coastals (pretty closely related) you better hope they continue feeding, I wouldn't pair them up until after you fed them as many mice as they'd eat. We lost a sweet coastal female last year when we left the pair unattended for about 20 mins.
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