Rats biting snakes

[BrandiR]

No


You don't want to freak the rat out at all. You don't want to spin it, club it, smack it, talk trash to it, or anything that puts it into defensive mode before dropping it with your snake. You want it to be as clueless as possible. Ball pythons hunt by AMBUSH. You don't want the rat going in there thinking something is up.

The care sheet doesn't say anything about trash talking! I trust your judgement and experience, so I'll stop doing that.