It's hard when you love both animals. Over the past four years, I've had at least 30 pet rats. Most of my income went to the rats, but I was fine with it because it made me happy making them happy. Two of my girls had a litter.. And well, yea, that's the story.
Then I held a snake for the first time, and got hooked. xD I've gotten used to feeding f/t so I don't really mind it. Although, I never fed a rat to a snake, just mice. Oh not yet anyway.