Requesting personal exp in regard to the pinkypump

[Shmoges]

I am trying an open dish with a live pinky rat instead of a closed dish to see if this guy will eat. I think the closed dish method is stressful because all he does is hiss and try to get away from the wriggling pinkies. Later today I will try scenting with my frogs lol. I am at the point now where I have to consider force feeding because he is losing weight and its very noticeable. He is big enough that I believe a pinky pump would work and I have administered meds in the past via syringe with no problems. I could try hand forcing but I don't have much exp with that.