Will a ball python take too large of a meal?

[Mrr]

Hey there,

So a few weeks ago, I was shopping for feeders for my two ball pythons (a one year old male and a 3 year old female). My female is quite small for her age, due to being a very finicky eater for the first 1.5 years of her life. I had typically fed both of them small rats, but after looking at the size of the medium rats at the store, I figured it was about the same width as my girl's widest. I dropped it in and she took it no problem. It was gone before I checked back so I assumed it was okay. This week whole watching her eat, I wondered if perhaps it was too big? I mean she got it down, but it was definitely a stretch. I feel like she's wide enough at her thickest part, but her head and neck are still so tiny.

Should I go back down to small for a bit? Or is it okay to continue since she seems to have no problem taking them? I've always heard that they'll never take too big of a meal, but I'm not sure how true that actually is