Well, it's time to delurk again!  This topic really scares me!!
 
I had a python when I got my first baby and the minute the snake saw the
ferret he got into that striking position.  Needless to say the snake went
to another home.  I had nightmares about seeing my baby in the coils of this
thing.  Ferrets WILL lose the battle with a constrictor.  Remember, Ricky
Tiki went up against a striker.  And our babies trust us. They are not going
to be expecting a snake to pop up in their safe havens.  There is always
that awful chance that a snake will get out.  Scares me just to think of it.
 
Also I heard a story from a  friend who had a boa (a rather large one) and a
pet ferret.  Well, his girlfriend didn't like the ferret because it "bothered"
her.   Well they had a big fight and the girlfriend let the snake out.  He
never found his "baby" but he found a fat snake with a lot of bites in its
face. :(:(:(:(
 
I'm sorry for this horrible post,  but IMHO , the two just don't mix.
 
Margo
"Gaze no more in the in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile,
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while......"
[Posted in FML issue 1420]