EDIT:
She finally ate the 22nd! I thawed out the rat in a plastic bag to preserve its scent and then for the last water change I put the rat in without the bag to bring temp up. I then dried it off and used a hairdryer. When I first put it in front of the hide opening, she did what she's been doing (striking defensively by doing a quick bite and returning to s shape). I think the reason she might have been doing this is because she's a bit more skittish than most and wasn't registering if it was a rat and just treating it as an enemy. After her striking twice I became even more worried and decided to try anything so I took the top of her hide off and put the rat near her. When it got close to her head she finally had a feeding response and coiled. Once she took it, I put the hide over her to make it more secure. I've seen videos of breeders with snakes in snake racks and they often take the hides off of the snake as well so I figured I'd try it.
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