Did you do anything differently? Or did you use ivory soap?
I thawed in ivory soapy water. I start putting hot tap water into the bowl of pinkies, and I added a little bit of Ivory soap. I then rinse them.
With the ones that previously refused, I put a small piece of gecko shed on the nose. I do not know if it was anole or crested gecko shed. I have gathered shed from both as I can, and put it in a ziplock bag. Unfortunately, I didn't mark it.
I also had super heated water, not quite to boiling, and put the pinkies for the stubborn feeders in that water.
Gecko shed on the nose has worked for me before.
How I get the shed on the nose, is I place the small piece in the water, it floats on top of the water.
Since I try to avoid touching the pinky or shed with my fingers, I use feeding tongs.
I grab the pinky with the tongs, and bring it up underneath the floating piece of shed, and it attaches perfectly on the nose of the pinky.
