Try tapping him lower down on his body w/a small adult mouse..thawed and at least at room temp..w/long forceps. Usually triggers an angry response which results in a strike and an automatic feeding response. Also, some African Soft Furred rats might be the ticket as they are really jumpy. Spilotes are sight hunters and react to erratic movements..none of mine ever ate a motionless thawed item at first..only after getting into a frenzy by tong-offered prey first. If I just threw in thawed items they'd just crawl right over them. As one author wrote, they prefer smaller items..especially when acclimating.

Bill

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• Tiger Rat won't eat - bwoodruff, Tue Jul 27 10:45:11 2010
• RE: Tiger Rat won't eat - KevinM, Wed Jul 28 11:40:56 2010
• Also... - KevinM, Wed Jul 28 11:42:44 2010
• RE: Tiger Rat won't eat - SoLA, Wed Jul 28 17:53:16 2010
• RE: Tiger Rat won't eat - KevinM, Thu Jul 29 09:00:46 2010
• RE: Tiger Rat won't eat - bwoodruff, Thu Jul 29 09:16:05 2010
• RE: Tiger Rat won't eat - KevinM, Thu Jul 29 18:19:36 2010
• RE: Tiger Rat won't eat - vegasbilly, Sun Aug 8 20:21:42 2010
• Agreed... - donv, Mon Aug 2 16:33:55 2010
• RE: Tiger Rat won't eat - Snakesunlimited1, Thu Jul 29 21:18:10 2010