LOL...they're smart little boogers, that's for sure.
I've had a couple of live feeders escape from a ball python that wasn't interested in eating. When I reached in to try and retrieve the uneaten rat, they got past me and out into the living room. I went to the hardware store and bought two live-animal traps. They worked like a charm to catch the naughty critters without hurting them.
((EDIT to note: That was two separate feeding episodes...not two rats being fed off at the same time!))