Irrwsponsible snake keepers

I'm with wilomn as well - something more is up with that poor child's situation. I grew up with an adult boa as a pet (age 4 on). The only bruise I ever got was from one mistaken feeding strike (boy, did that hurt!), and I and my friends handled that snake daily.

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Originally Posted by Raptor

I agree with wilomn, something is up.

At one of the shows I went to, I had the pleasure of handling a young, about 4 foot, RTB. It was understandably stressed out and coiled around my arm at about the elbow hard enough that I started losing feeling in my arm. I'm the type of person that I'll find random bruises without knowing where they came from.

I didn't earn a single bruise from the snake.

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From how they described the snake I'm sure it was a burmese. I'm pretty confident a burmese won't have trouble leaving bruises on a 3 year old. The final straw was when the snake apparently almost killed their kid or something.

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Something still sounds fishy here, if the snake was gripping then I can't see that leaving a bruise so I'm with the others posts on this one. I'm not sure if the snake was constricting as if it was a feeding response but then there would be a likely bite mark as well.

Unless the child is anemic, it's unlikely for anybody, including a child, to be bruised by a snake doing regular snake things, due to the surface area the snake covers. Bruises are generally a more acute impact. Not always, sure, but unless the child was coming in with his entire portions of his body bruised, or broken ribs, I'm not buying it.

We don't know what the deal is with the parents, obviously... but considering this is a story told to you by your mom, or your mom's teacher friend, about a child that came in at some unspecified time, I'm guessing you don't actually know if the child is still coming in with bruises, or whether the story was just somebody's embellishment to the hype surrounding a family's pet snake. Sure the bruises didn't look like an adult's hand gripped firmly around the child's arm or legs? Sides? Any bruises on the face, i'd be even more suspicious about the parents.

The manner in which snakes move, and hold onto branches, is unlikely to bruise a human during regular interaction, unless, as I stated, the child is anemic or has some other brusiing/bleeding disorder. I'm not saying it's impossible for them to bruise.. very large constrictors are obviously capable of much worse than bruises.. but I'd be surprised to see the types of bruises that would result, on a small child, and have that child still be alive, if in fact this were a murderous snake that strikes and bites and constricts as frequently as this child's bruises would suggest.

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Originally Posted by barbie.dragon

From how they described the snake I'm sure it was a burmese. I'm pretty confident a burmese won't have trouble leaving bruises on a 3 year old. The final straw was when the snake apparently almost killed their kid or something.

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A burmese leaving bruises would be doing much more damage than just bruises.