Live rats/mice eating their way through a snake's stomach or a snake getting sick/dying from parasites on live rodents? A guy at EBay doesn't think it is a good idea for us to feed ours live and I have not heard bad things about doing it and they have now successfully eaten live twice. I haven't heard of either of those and since they are CONSTRICTORS I expect the animal to be dead before it is eaten anyways. Heck, the last thing I hear before they eat it is a squeak then silence. I do not believe this. He also said that they may attack the snakes but from what I have read on here that they won't attack unless they are hungry.