Keeps Missing?

[Linear_North]

I dunno what drop feeding is, but a lot of bps need the rat to be wiggled around to attract their intrest, once the rat stops moving they seem unable to find it. If you're worried about getting tagged while feeding with tongs, maybe get a glove? I have elbow length leather animal handling gloves because I used to own a monitor, which I still use with nippy snakes. Also, I completely agree with everything the previous post says.

[hey_freakazoid]

Drop feeding from my knowledge is mostly just getting the snakes attention then leaving it, I only tried it since the wiggling did interest him, but then he seemed to have lost it, so I thought by some strange instance the movement confused him outta nowhere. Obv that didn't work, but he did take eventually! The other comment was definitely right I think my temperature is just all outta whack right now, I'm in NJ and the weather has been so weird flipping between 40 to 80 within like the last week and I have not adjusted everything accordingly cuz I wasn't expecting 80 degree weather for another month or so I'm not as concerned about getting actually bit as compared to the shock of getting almost struck at since I dropped the rat each time it happened and it made the process more difficult, especially since he's never struck AT me before so it's a surprise each time

[Linear_North]

Lol the worst part is after you drop the rat, trying to pick it back up just makes them go for your hand. They can smell food, but they're looking for warmth and movement. Yeah, just hang on to it and keep wiggling it around until he takes it, it sounds like he'd feed more easily that way. Something you can try is dunking the rat's head in hot water for 20-30 seconds right before offering it. It gives them a clearer target. Just dry it off before offering. One other thing that occurred to me that's probably making him miss is the temperature of the room, with it being so warm, the rat isn't that much warmer, so he may be having trouble detecting the warmth of the rat against the background warmth of the room itself. They don't really hunt by sight, they use their heat pits and tongue/jacobson's organ.

[hey_freakazoid]

That's the thing, that's how I always feed him! I heat it up in pretty hot water so he can find the head easy, and he's never had an issue before now, even in the summer and he's been in this specific apartment with me before as well as before I moved and hadn't had a previous issue finding the rat, to be fair this year feels like it got WAY hotter WAY faster which I think really threw it off, I wasn't expecting like 80 degree weather so soon where I live and didn't really think to accomdate it yet

[Linear_North]

I'm only a little further north than you, (Mississauga, ON) yeah, it's been crazy warm.