Best way to offer rat on Tongs

[MrBeeBow]

What is the best/safest way to offer the rat on tongs - is it by the scruff of the neck or by the tail?? What do you all do??

Thanks

i dont have a boa so take this with a grain of salt, but with my bp i grab the scruff on the back so it sits as natural as possible, but as of late i have had to get my bp about ready to strike then drop the rat and he hits it as soon as it hits the ground.