Thanks everybody...

I learned 2 valuable lessons in tonight's feeding and you guys will probably laugh at both of them...

Lesson 1 (just dumb)
The pet store I got the rat gave it to me in a box. I usually prescent and so this time i decided I would just put the box in the cage for a few minutes till the BP wakes up and comes out... I place the box in the cage go and put my phone on the charger in the other room... Come back in and George is completely out of his hide and in the S position lookin at the box... I get near the cage and he turns at me...

so now i have to open this box that the hungry snake wants to eat without getting eaten myself... "roommates, i'll need the oven mits, my accounting notes, and a spare set of hands" Had one of my roommates hold the lid over the tank as much as he could while I reached in with the notebook and placed it between Georges head and the box... Said abracadabra and poof the box was gone...

George is not happy and starts lookin around for his food. but he was still in the middle of his habitat. I just dropped the rat in one of the corners and it was FAST...

Lesson: Don't place box of violent animal food in with violent animal and intend on going back in any time soon

Other Lesson (less funny)
make sure the snake is on one end of the habitat and place rat on other end in order to give the snake some time to aim...