Bacon...? Hmmm... maybe it worths a try. But so far one more thing i havent tried is scenting with birds, since WC birds might have parasites~
What did u mean by triggering breeding instinct in females?
At the month this snake hatched (July), it was the hottest period in the year, no rain, which temperature went as high as 33c - 34c.
This month is cooler with much more heavy rain almost everyday. around 30c - 31c maximum.

Alright, I have nothing to add really... I just wanna say I love this site.

A homebrew non-feeder, who is an "import" species to many here... I aliken this to a yank giving aid to a guy in Indo who is having a chondro non-feeder baby. When it boils down to it, this is pretty damn cool.

What do they eat in the wild? With chondros, the scents have been frog and feather for me. Also hamster. But I love this idea of feathers and a live pink in it, I'm going to steal that when I get the chance. Some chondros won't eat with pestering, but would take frogs. Right scent, no movement, confident undisturbed snake. Between the minimal movement and right scents, with some chondros, that would be gold.

Really great question here, Austinlai, very well written.

Thanks to all who are participating, PLEASE follow up with this and let us know what happens, and how the trials go. This is great stuff right here.

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I would also be curious to see how the young animal progresses.

I was recommending an increase in temps of a couple degrees - in celcius it's only a 2 to 4 degree increase but in farenheit it's a 5 to 10 degree increase - to us americans that's huge!  Consider it in people terms - if we were too cool by 5 degrees we'd be considered very very sick, yet the snake is supposed to be okay without being offered slightly higher temps?  Try kicking up the temps one or two degrees and see what that does. 

I also was trying to suggest adding a source of UVB lighting.  It's very under-considered in snakes, but I've found it helpful in some species typically considered difficult.  What do we know about the behavior of wild baby red tailed rats?  Have you had the opportunity to see any in the wild?  I know I haven't been able to find much, if any, information on them, and I seldom see anything smaller than 2 or 3 feet imported in.  To me, this says babies are hard to find, and probably up high in the trees where they're caught less.  High in the trees = more light.  Can't hurt to try a little 5.0 UVB light or to try throwing in a live plant to see what it does.  You'll need the UVB light to keep the plant alive anyway.  :)

Aaron, since you're in the states and better able to get captive bred bird feathers, try to get down feathers and/or feathers that are dirty (poop, dust, etc).  They smell the most and seem to work the best!

Aaron: It's my pleasure to have you replied in my topic here, leader. :-) Can see that u're a big time chondro fan! Will definitely keep u guys updated about its feeding status.

Fyre: LOL at the "shameless plug"~

HurricaneJen: I'll see what i can do with bird feathers 1st since this is most convenient for me to get at the moment. I'm currently pursuiting my study at a rather rural area. And getting Exoterra lighting products and silk plants is impossible here unless i get a chance to head back my hometown, mayb during next weekend. :-) I've never used any lighting in all my collection before. My collection are mostly native species and they do well in the normal temperature.

According to one article i read in RatsnakeFoundation which is about the prey of ratsnakes in the wild. Surprisingly to me Red-Tailed Ratsnakes do not consume frogs and bird eggs which i originally thought they do.

Regarding the "butter tub" method....  the prey is dead, the tub is opaque and small enough that the snake can't readily move away to one side.  Guessing a typical margarine tub would work for your snake at this point.  Put him in with the food item, put the top on and leave it in his cage, check now and then.  Honestly, I don't think this method has failed me for any colubrid spp.  Good luck to you....

Not silk plants, live plants!  Try live plants. 

The rest of your collection is eating well on its own, this snake is not.  Thinking outside the box sometimes does the trick, not only with temps but with lighting and cage decor.  :)  Best of luck!

Alright!!! What a great surprise today guys!!!

And the best answer award goes to HurricaneJen!!!

This is what i did:

I used a small container, cut a small hole on the top cover, bought a live bird, picked a few feather from the bird and put those feathers inside the container.

Then i washed a fuzzy with water... threw it into the small container along wif the feather to let them mix around for about half an hour. Then put some newspaper pieces inside to make it more like a nest.

Then i put the whole small container into the snake's cage. The snake took sometime to sense around the container... Slowly it decided to enter the container thru the small hole. Then took another few minutes smelling those feathers and the fuzzy. I thought they're going to make friend again inside the container. But... around 10min later, "WHACK"... The fuzzy was constricted!!! This "Bird Nest Method" really works wonder for my Gonyo. I think most probably it's becoz of Gonyo's arboreal behavior.

But the sad thing was, the fuzzy was not eaten. It was just killed and left alone inside the container and the snake left it. But this is already a good starting point since this was the 1st time it striked and killed a prey by its own. I'll definitely try again the same method next session with a much smaller pinky. Thanks again to HurricaneJen and oso u guys for the tips given. :-)

I got my lovely Gonyo to take 2 tiny pinkies with the "Bird Nest Method"... Really thanks a lot guys. :-) Thanks iHerp!

Awesome!