Listen guys, I don't want to start a flame war here or anything. I just want to provide my new pet with a lot more than a glorified tupper-ware bowl to live in for the length of his natural life. That's my first and foremost priority. My second thought is to make it a beautiful and interesting focal point in my living room since I took out the fireplace to do it. I plan on using captive bred "secondary" animals if possible which theoretically should cut down on transferance of parasites and disease. That's all I'm asking. If it will hurt the snake in any way, I don't want to do it. If it will hurt the other animals I plan on putting in there, I don't want to do it. Hell, I'm just coming to terms with the fact that other animals have to die (feeder mice/rats/eventually rabbits) in order for this snake to live a long and healthy life.