Lol, I'm the same.. when I used to go into a pet store I seen rats/mice for 'snake food' and it sent shivers up my spine.Nice looking snake as far as snakes go. I couldn't keep one though, if I needed to feed live creatures to it. Hopefully if you must have a snake, you will feed frozen rodents to it (those put down in a humane way after having lived a decent life for awhile). The shear terror that little rodents must experience when dropped into a snake pen (with no chance of an escape) just makes my blood boil. JMO.
But he's gorgeous without a doubt, one of the most prettiest snakes I've ever seen!