My snake is usually a ravenous eater. Has never turned down food, till tonight. He wanted nothing to do with the thawed rat. The place I usually get him rats didn't have any the right size today so I went to a different pet store and got a different brand. As soon as I took it out of the package to put it in a ziplock back for thawing, I noticed it smelled really strong. I don't have much of a sense of smell and I've never noticed the rats smelling before. It also bled a lot more once thawed than his usual one.

Is it possible it was bad and he knew it that's why he wanted nothing to do with it? Maybe he's just picky? He acted interested at first, but never struck, I usually don't even have to wiggle it, just hold it in the cage and he's all over it.

Should I try again tomorrow, with his "brand"? They have smaller ones, I could just feed him two I guess.