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Originally Posted by icarus

Someone at my work claims to know a girl who had a pet boa or python (forget which) that she let roam around her apartment without an enclosure and even let crawl into her bed with her. When it stopped eating and lost a lot of weight she grew concerned and took it to the vet. The vet asked how big its enclosure is, and when she said it didn't use one he berated her. He said the snake was losing weight because it was sizing her up as prey.

Until I get names I will treat this story as urban legend, but the idea is not inconceivable.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/measured.asp