I got some feeders the other day and one my snakes didn't want to eat , so I took the rat out and put it into my rat rack.

I noticed that it was making some weird noises after a couple of days. I fed it to another one of my snakes , and he took it no problems.

But then I started to think , maybe I shouldn't have done that. I know it would be a slim chance that reptiles and mammals could be prone to the same diseases , but I thought I'd ask.

Can a snake get sick if the rat you fed it was sick?
If so, what kinds of diseases can a rat transfer to your snakes?