No hun, that is NOT what happens if you responsibly feed live prey to your snake.

What happened to that poor snake is a stupid owner who thought it was fine to leave a hungry rat in the unhungry snake's cage for DAYS, with no food, other than the snake. When you mixa very hungry, big rodent with a small snake that can't hide from it, that is what you get. What else was the rat going to eat?

Rodents should only be left in the snake's cage for 30 minutes, unless you are leaving a hopper mouse or rat pink/fuzzy/crawler in overnight with a shy eater. It is always best to prescent the room by leaving the cage of rodents in the area for 20-30 minutes. This gets them ready to eat so they know what is coming and can prepare themselves.

The majority of Ball Python keepers I know, feed live prey and rarely, if ever, have an incident. I've been feeding live for 3 years and haven't had problems with it. However my snakes look at f/t dead rodents like they are the plague and might catch something.