Fake plants would be a great way to add some clutter in her tank, give her some more cover and make her feel more secure. Keep her heat up as other people have been suggesting with a warm spot of 90 and the cool side being in the low 80s. Something i've done for my little boy is I took some pieces of scrap-booking paper and covered the sides of the tank on the outside so it felt a bit more closed in and it looks great with his backdrop image. It also helps keep the tank a bit darker as well. These snakes are usually nocturnal and mine is pretty much a pet rock most of the time. If the plastic wrap trick doesn't work for you (strangely enough plastic wrap doesn't work in my house) another option is to wet a towel and place it over the top of the tank to keep the humidity between the recommended 50-60%. I usually have to do this all winter as it gets dry where I live. You might want to look into buying a kitchen scale to weigh her. I'm terrible at eyeballing the size of rat my baby needs to eat so I weigh him and then check the rat's weight every now and again to see about how long before he moves up to the next size. If you're good at eyeballing that's not as necessary but being able to check her weight if she's not eating is a good indicator if a vet trip is in order. Like the others said, if she's on frozen it's probably a good idea to keep her on frozen and she may be scared now since she's already been bitten. It's a life or death struggle for both parties if you feed your baby live and if she ends up sick at some point and that live rat or mouse is in there with her and she won't eat with you in the room, that rodent can very well start chewing on her and eat her alive. There are some terrifying horror stories about it around the web. I know it may be uncomfortable for you to deal with dead animals but she seems to be used to being left alone when she's eating in which case the only safe route is f/t or freshly killed. Keep us updated and hope this info helps a bit.
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