Depends on the public? When I was younger and just kept one as a pet, I would walk around with her when I was just hanging out with friends but I don't do that anymore.
I do still bring one of my snakes with me to things like city festivals and farmers markets and some other organized events though. Me and my friends started doing this after we realized people will pay a few bucks to take pictures with our critters but it's also like nice because a lot of the time people have questions about the care of our critters and it gives a chance to educate the public. (: