Cooked rat? Maybe? Help?

[Eleni]

I had placed a rat on a heat pad a while ago, but forgot about it. I don't know for sure how long it's been, but I'm guessing between .5 and 1 hours. It had also been moved to the fridge a few hours before this. I just want to know if you think it's safe to still feed the rat, though. There's no skin falling off or anything like that, but it had a smell that, to me, made it seem like it may have cooked a bit. It had gotten much hotter than I normally let it get, too, though. I'm still pretty new to snakes, so please let me know what you think. In case it matters, she is a 9 month old female ball python and her last meal was 7 days ago.

If I don't get a reply within a few minutes or so, I'll toss this rat out and feed her a new one tomorrow, but I'd still like to know if this rat would have been safe to feed for future reference. Thank you

[Ba11er]

if in doubt throw out ! it is a wast of a rat but better than a dead snake too.

[Reinz]

For future reference, take your temp gun and see what your heating pad maxes out as.

If it is over 120 give or take, you will need to stay close by and turn it over every few minutes. Obviously if it significantly higher turn it more often. You will just have learn your own system depending upon the mat temperature.