Maggots on decomposing rat.. Will it affect my retic?

[Squirtle]

First and foremost, I take the blame for the whole thing and will most certainly never do it again.

About 10 - 14 days ago, my retic was in shed. I thought I'd give him his second small rat ever while he was in shed since he always eats mice when he's in shed; thought it'll be no big deal. He struck at it once, didn't get it, and then gave up. So I thought I'd kill the rat for him and leave it in there for when he wants to eat it. Today, I go over to my friends house to check on my retic, and I found a disgusting decomposing rat FULL with maggots.. My retics aspen bedding looked like ocean waves because they were moving with maggots. Me and my friend thoroughly cleaned everything out and took about 2 hours disinfecting. I cleaned my retic off with warm water and he didn't seem to be affected by anything; I then proceeded to give him 2 mice and will try a small rat next week. My question is, will he be affected by anything that has happened? He looked fine to me with no maggots on him..


My retics staying at my friends house for a while and I have no clue how he didn't even notice this! If this isn't the right section, please move it towhere it'll be seen by a lot of people.


Sorry if this is long but I desperately need help!!