So today was feeding day for my pinstripe male. He had been downing large mice with gusto, but I bought some small rats from Petsmart to see if he was ready for an upgrade, as the mice seemed a little small. The rat in question seemed approximatelt as thick around as the snake, possibly a bit bigger. I thawed the rat and he took it hungrily. I leave him alone, come back an hour later to find him just finishing swallowing the tail. A half hour later he was finished... But he looked kinda crazy. He had a VERY visible, enormous lump in his rump where the swallowed rat was. The snake seems fine, but I'm just concerned I may have over estimates what he could handle, since his stomach is so distended.