Snake not hungry or rejecting rat?

[Craiga 01453]

We have two theories about why she regurged.

Mine is that it's because I handled her too soon before her shed (which makes me feel like the worst snake mommy ever).

The man we bought her from says it may be because she was cold, since she she shouldn't have had anything solid to regurge so close to her feeding date. We did have an unusually cold week, but we added a heating pad over her tank and she spent a lot of time on her cool side.

Handling prior to shed would have nothing to do with regurge. It would only be handling to soon after the snake ate and the prey wasn't fully digested enough.

What are your temps and how are you heating? How are you measuring the temps?

Actually, what is your setup like? The more you tell us the more we can help you and your snake.