Not eating

[Malum Argenteum]

Also, "re-offering" prey items is ONLY acceptable* IF you've had all your snakes for a long time & KNOW for sure they're all healthy. Otherwise you're transferring germs from one to another via prey. *Actually, it's always a risk, since it's impossible to know what pathogens your snake is harboring just by looking at them.

+1 on that last thought. Snakes can carry viruses asymptomatically and with negative tests for years. There is speculation by researchers that the increase in prevalence of these viruses is due to relatively non-pathogenic strains jumping species and causing disease.

Playing musical food is always a biosecurity issue, and isn't worth the savings of a rat or two. Better to refreeze the feeder one time as long as it hasn't been thawed more than a few hours.