Hi there,
If your bp is indeed a hatchling that has not eaten for three months, you are in a life/death situation. Forget frozen - he's gonna die if you don't feed him.
If you recently got him and know he has eaten since hatching, how has it been since he has not eaten? If it's been over six weeks, I still think he needs food and you should offer him live.
"Assist feeding" is your other alternative, however it's very stressful on the snake (especially if you do not know what you are doing). It's the wrong choice, unless he refuses to take anything pre-killed or live. I also don't see assist feeding as helpful to getting him on a p/k regimen, if anything it may make him less likely to take p/k on his own.
You just have to understand that in spite of all the great pre-killed talk you hear on this forum, balls are wired to hunt and kill live prey. Older snakes can often be switched to prekilled , but babies are running on pure instinct and for the most part they want what they want - which is live, hopping, breathing, prey!
Buy a small hopper mouse or large fuzzy, put your snake in a dark shoebox with it and leave both alone for a few hours.
I know this is not the advice you wanted, but, it's the best thing for your snake :-P. And, that's the point, isn't it?
How long has it been since you had him?
Thanks,
Christy.
PS, as you can see by the photo, feeding p/k has never worked well for me.
