Hi All -

I just had a baby (human), and all of the grandparents are just certain that my ball pythons are a danger to him.

I have them in a rack system in a separate room from the nursery. I only have 10 ball pythons and nothing else as far as snakes go. A couple of the females are up to 3000 grams, so they are on the large side for ball pythons, but I still don't believe they will cause any problems.

I tried my best to find on google any incidents where a ball python caused harm to a human baby, and I've seen nothing. If I were concerned that my baby was in harm's way, I would get rid of them no problem, but I think with just a tiny bit of common sense they are fine.

Does anybody have any documented information either for or against having ball pythons in the same house as a newborn baby? I need some concrete evidence that will convince the grandparents that I haven't lost my senses. I've told them that if they can find even one instance of a ball python mixing it up with a kid, I will get rid of them. If there has been an incident, I would like to know before they find out!

Thanks!

Jeff