[layman]

So... next time maybe a little Lab puppy or a Golden Retriever?

I'd say this might be a good idea because this snake apparently doesn't care for rats.

[diamond6]

I heard about a couple who had a constrictor as a pet, and one night, while checking on their infant, they found to their horror, their infant in the coils of a snake being eaten.

I was haunted by that image for the longest time.

Snakes should not be pets.

[Jack Hammer]

Bite your tongue! :-)