I agree cats and any snakes are bad news.I rescued a few snakes that were tore up by the family cat.Dont blame the cats though it in the instinct to be curious about everything.Now snakes and pitbulls are a nice mixture(at least with our pits lol).Whenever i bring a snake upstairs all i do is say dont hurt the baby and they understand.Our female even comes up and gives them love its funny.Now our male could care less ever since he was biting by a baby boa a few years back.He used to come up to our large retic and she would just look at him,then the boa baby nails him on the nose.So he avoids them all now .Keep a close eye on the cats because the snakes could care less lol.