The rat I fed off was a Black Eyed Siamese. A snake isn't going to get sick from a rat. No need to waste good food but that's for another thread Every once in awhile a rat just isn't put together right. It happens. I have 99% healthy animals but once in a blue moon something goes wrong. When you're producing hundreds of rats, one every 6 months is nothing to worry about in my opinion.

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B