Quote Originally Posted by elevatethis
If she gets 4 mice down, she should be able to take a small rat just fine.

I would, however, be careful about changing anything that could throw the snake off while its at the rescue facility. Is it in the process of being re-homed? I just figure in your situation, if she's eating mice regularly, don't change anything if you don't have to.

Also, you might be feeding it too often...especially if the snake's been neglected and hasn't been eating regularly. Widen your interval to once every 7 days.

As far as the carefresh goes, it probably would have been fine. Snakes have been around for millions of years eating dirt and sticks that come attached to food in the wild. One piece of carefresh wouldn't be anything to worry about.
nah she is being boarded - her owner had to go out of country for 6 weeks or so. her entire enclosure is here with her, she has been eating fine after about 2 or 3 weeks.