Problem? Unexpected late feed

So I fed my BPs f/t rats last night and both females didn't eat, as of this morning.

Didn't get a chance to pull the rats out of the cages this morning, rushed out of the house, and just got home to find one missing.

So from what I can tell, one of them decided to eat a rat that had been sitting there at normal cage temperature unmoving, presumably starting to decompose, all night and most of today.

I assume she'll be fine because hey, why would she eat it if it wasn't appealing? But this strikes me as very unusual.

Has this happened to anybody before? Should I be concerned?

I looked around her cage to make sure she didn't just move it, and unless it came back to life and made a clean escape, it's inside her belly now.

I wouldn't worry. That's happened to me many times and it's never been an issue. They have pretty powerful digestive juices that'll kill darn near anything.

It should be fine. I've had some of my girls eat rats that've been sitting for about 12 hours I would say and they digested them without problem. One of my girls won't eat unless I just leave the frozen/thawed rat with her over night. In the future (in case you're not already doing it) I would place the rodent on the cool side of the cage, that way it doesn't decay as fast. I've noticed some of the rodents I leave directly on the heat-tape look as if they're going to blow up after a night, which is absolutely gross.

It's ok. I have a male that I have to leave his rat overnight. I gave it to him about 8:00 one evening quite a while ago, and when I checked on him the following morning around 7:00 he was in the process of swallowing it. :weirdface