problems eating

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so my older snake does not seem to like to eat i bought her about two months ago. but i put her in a separate container with a heating pad underneath and a hide spot this seemed to help, but this past feeding she ended up never eating the rat after almost an hour i do feed her a few hours after nightfall. the only real thing i can think of is that there is a chance the rats are a little too big where i live there is only one place that sell mice or rats within an hour and it's petco their mice and rats vary so much in size from week to week i can't really control exactly the size of rats she eats. does anyone have suggestions of how to make her more likely to eat or should i try switching to frozen? i know the person i bought her from has fed her live her whole life.

Id start with feeding in her actual enclosure, alot of snakes get stressed out when they are moved and will cause them not to eat. Time of day shouldnt matter. It definitely wouldnt hurt to try to switch to F/T because its generally cheaper and more convenient. As far as prey size consistency, Ive heard of people getting them from various websites (unfortunately I do not know any) but im sure you can google it. until then keep trying a little bit longer without making any significant changed to what shes used to and then try a size down in prey before doing anything more drastic.

EDIT: How long has it been since shes eaten last??