I had a similar situation my last feeding day. I've been using regular hot dog tongs (ones with holes on the tips) to offer f/t and I went to feed my killer bee and when she struck she folded in half up near her neck and the folded part went through the tongs. She has ahold of the rat and Im trying to push her folded body back through but she kept tensing up and moving deeper into the tongs, she was already tight in them so I didn't want to make it worse. I was trying to figure out what to do and then she started to unravel and slipped right through. After she unraveled she seen me and let go of rat and retreated into her hide. I figured she definitely wasn't going to eat now but I heated the rat up again and she came out of hide and waited with her nose pressed up against the glass and then ate. That scenario of using hot dog tongs never ran through my head, needless to say I ordered new ones. I figured I would share in case anyone is using the same style tongs I am or is thinking about it.
I also shared that so the op knows that they are not the only one something similar has happened to. I waited a few hours after to check to see if it damaged her scales and I could see where the tongs were around her but after 2 more days I check on her again and the marks were gone. Is that possibly that your just seeing where the clamp was around your snake or does it look to be more than that?
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