I usually feed F/T mice with tongs. I heard rats have stronger oder and the fact that they were alive probably gave off more of an odor that usual. He just suprised the hell out of me coming out at me. He is usually the most shy snake we got. So his agressive behavior really took me by suprise. I also moved them into a new rack this past Monday that I finally got built and out of that 55 gallon tank.

Now that I look back over the past week, I shouldn't be suprised at all. There were a lot of changes in housings and routine.