So I have had 2 snakes die on me in the past 3 months. The deaths of these two snakes I believe were caused by the live rats that I fed them. The two snakes that I had in my collection ate great until their last rats and after eating the last rats, they would started having fowl poops everyday and would not stop pooing and never ate. After a week they passed. Can live rats pass on some sort of infection to the snake? I have 6 other snakes that are doing fine and eating well. But the only reason why I blame the rats is because the two snakes that ate the live rats, both had the same symptoms right after eating the live rats and then died.