I don't see much of a problem coming from this as long as you wash your hands after handling a rodent of any kind. I was thinking about again getting a pair of rats around for pets. Have any of you had any problems with owning pet rats and snakes together? Such as, them smelling the rodent on you thinking you are food or feeling bad about feeding rodents. This is mostly to reassure my lady that she will be fine with having pet rats and having me feed rats, and NOT GETTING BITTEN.