Thanks for the the info. Seeing that I feed live, how would you scent the room? The rat is in a cage about 20 feet from the snake in another room. Also I guess I'm kinda worried that if I don't handle her then she will be less willing to be handled going forward. I have only handled her twice since I got her about 5 weeks ago so that she would settle in, and she was fine both times, fairly calm and showed no aggression. I just don't want her going backwards handling wise.

I guess I'm stuck between having a snake that you can interact with a bit from time to time that is not overly shy or aggressive ,but also one that will eat. My fear is that the handling will potentially effect the eating.

Please feel free to tell me I'm over thinking it!!