Hello everybody,

I am sorry if i'm posting in the wrong thread.

My question is related to feeding my Ball Python Boy.
Recently he started acting strange — he stopped hiding at his home and was actually resting few days on top of it.
I was checking temperature and everything — it was the way it should be.
When I was taking him out from the tank he behaved normally, but when he was going back to the tank — he was crawling back on top on his hideaway. It was happening for a week and then everything got back to normal and it was time to eat.
I bought a small rat (I decided to give him a little smaller prey this time) — and he didn't eat him for a few days.
I guess it was wrong, but I was keeping them in the same tank and hoped that I won't see rat by the end of the day, but today (day 4), rat died and I don't know the reason — I was feeding him good and actually thought of keeping him as a pet (maybe heart attack?).

Please advice me what to do.
I really want my baby to be healthy and feel good, but in this situation I feel confused.