LOL... seriously, it looked like something from CSI.
Yup, we do strange things for our snakes! Thanks for the suggestion, and I'll try that next time...I'm guessing she was just hungry...or the rat was a hemophiliac. You never know.
Btw, try alternating between f/t and live, or scenting a f/t rat with a live one. People may think you're weird for rubbing down a rat with a corpse, but you do what you gotta do.