Oh my GOD! Hahah! So sorry, I TOTALLY missed the part about it being a RAT. I guess my eyes just wandered to the good stuff. Lol! I thought you had lost a snake... I guess I just thought you went in trying to rescue her eggs. In the Chameleon world, when a gravid female with viable eggs becomes egg bound and dies, the eggs are removed and incubated. SO, ooops. Lol! "My bad". Even then, i'd still be sad to lose a rat which is why I feed frozen/thawed, lol!