This about sums it up. Its just as if you were laying on your deathbed. You either have the choice to a quick death, one that the rodent would have: set one by the crushing of blood vessels, crushed bones or if that all fails, asphyxiation. Or you can die a slow, painful death, the death that the snake had. Being slowly torn apart while still alive.
The mouse will normally (i say normally because there are exceptions) be killed in under a minute. The snake on the other hand will be alive for hours.
As you have said fishdip, you are a hunter. You know how important it is to get a clean shot at an animal. You want to get a shot that will drop it dead instantly or within seconds. You wouldnt want the animal to suffer, atleast i know i wouldnt. The snake has the ability and has adapted to kill a mouse or rat quickly. A much more humane way to die than being chewed apart
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy snakes and that's pretty close