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At times the water bothers my ball as well, if she's being fussy i place the prey ment for her in a ziplock bag then in the water with the rest.
As for jiggling the prey it's almost an art lol. You have too do it just right too catch the snakes attention without scaring it. Here are a few tips I find help, drop your prey in front of the hide (about an inch out), keep your tongs on its tail. Then slowly pull it away a tiny bit at a time. When your "teasing ", the rat shouldn’t be moving much at all just pull on the tail enough too cause a bit of movement too catch the snake’s attention. (Picture a rat sitting there chewing on something, I try too mimic what a rat would be doing if it were alive and un aware that it was about too be eaten. That’s how snakes hunt) . NEVER move the rat toward the snake, balls are VERY head shy, as soon as you move it toward the snake it will pull back in fear and never touch the snake with the rat , again its response would be too try and escape, if the rat were alive it would be chewing on the snake, so that’s what the snake ready for if you “poke it” with a rats head. Just be patient, SLOWLY move it AWAY from the snake, the snake may not seem too be noticing but they are ambush animals, it will slowly follow,(and some time they are very very slow) while forming the classic "S" pattern too strike.
Good luck, it can take some practice, basically anything you do that cause the snake too move away, don’t do it any more, once you get it right once its just repetition.
Devon
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