Wife worried

[Henry]

Well I have a red tail boa and my wife is scared that it is going to get out of the cage and strangle the new baby that will be here in jan. Its only about 300 grams now. When it gets bigger I will be bying a boaphile cage for her.

Do those come with locks. Can you guys giver her some reasurance about the snake not getting out and kill the kids.

[wilomn]

Tell her that unless the baby is born with its eyes closed, no hair and a tail, it's the wrong flavor.

Then tell her that boas just don't, as a rule, get anywhere near large enough to eat something as big as a human baby.

You can get locks.

[Henry]

I think she is freaked out about the girl in florida who got killed. I think that was a burmese if im not mistaking

[dr del]

Hi,

I'm not convinced the snake was what killed that child.


dr del

[olstyn]

Even if that burmese did kill the child, which, as dr del says, is less than 100% clear, its contact with the child was entirely due to insecure/improper caging. A boaphile with a lock will keep the snake in just fine, presuming you're diligent about closing the cage.

[Crazy4Herps]

^^Agreed. I'm almost positive Boaphiles have locks, and I am positive that APs have locks.

And while there is a chance (come on, guys, there's definitely a chance) that a Burm killed a kid, a boa would not kill a kid. Period.