A few answer to questions posed in response.
the rats size this time was a medium close to large because the large rats that they had were the size of a chihuahua.
She had to be hungry as she skipped a week while she shed. She also was very interested in eating and was on the rat in no time. I know what you ment about the stitches in this scenario but the rats whole body was free not just its mouth so I had to stop clawing arms as well as biting teeth both at the same time.i had no options in my eyes and just reacted. I tried the fresh dead because when putting feeders in their keeper one bolted as I closed the door and snapped its neck but my girl acts like its sick or something and goes in her feeding hide as to say "you should know better then to offer me this nasty dead thing."
(just weighed her 3434 w/rat inside and about 5yrs old) like I said I must have been lucky so far because when it come to feeding my snakes I haven't had any of the common headaches the other 3 eat like champs and I guess she does as well just getting sloppy about her kills and its gonna hurt her.