I'm not sure I've got the whole picture of what happened. The snake struck the rodent....but because the rodent started to get a bite in, you intervened and prevented the rodent from biting the snake. Then the snake let go?? Is the rodent alive or dead at this point?


If it's dead...it won't hurt to leave it in there for awhile, and see if the snake calms down enough to decide to eat. But if the rodent is still alive, get it out of there. It's now freaked out and on the defensive and could seriously hurt your snake....especially if your snake is no longer interested in eating it....which is likely the case if it didn't eat it in the first place.

And if the snake does not eat the rodent, either because it lost interest, or because you took it out.....don't bother trying to feed the snake again until its next regularly scheduled feeding day. It won't hurt it to miss this meal.