Re: Baby on the way, several questions
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Originally Posted by bpkid
Maybe a big one would try, but he probably wouldn't unless you rubbed a mouse all over the baby, or let him play with a mouse,etc...
Wow. That is hilarious- i litterally laughed out loud. I can just imagine someone rubbing down a baby with a thawed rat. Yessir.
Re: Baby on the way, several questions
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Originally Posted by python kid
Don't underestimate a snake,you may think you know what it can and can not do but thay can suprise you.Just be smart and be careful with it.Maybe you can buy a book on ball pythons if you haven't already.
Agreed- but this is a ball python. Unless an adult human is worried about biting- i dont see constriction as.. something that should be worried about unless you're a small frame, but the idea of someone strangled by a ball just seems absurd to me. Tail + Grab = Win.
Re: Baby on the way, several questions
Babies are at MUCH MUCH higher risk of asphyxiation by their own quilts and crib liners than they are by ball python. There are just so many other real dangers in the world, it seems silly to worry about a small, shy snake that eats mice!
The closest thing to a risk your snakes pose is the ever-so-slight chance exposure to salmonella. And that is overcome by commen sense handling and always washing up. And even in this sense...you have a much greater chance of speading salmonella from the chicken you prepare for dinner than from your snakes.
Re: Baby on the way, several questions
lets face it , where snakes are concerned ignorance knows no bounds.
My mother showed similar concerns before each of my 2 boys were born, the higher the fear or missunderstanding of snakes the more ridiculous the ideas of potential dangers.
my sisters boyfriend was so sure that the snakes would "smell" his fear and smash out their tanks and attack him he would not enter the house.
When he realised he was leaning against a custom built display tank in the living room 1st time he visited he nearly had a heart attack and ran out the house waited in the car with windows and doors locked...:rolleyes:
Re: Baby on the way, several questions
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Originally Posted by snakey68
lets face it , where snakes are concerned ignorance knows no bounds.
My mother showed similar concerns before each of my 2 boys were born, the higher the fear or missunderstanding of snakes the more ridiculous the ideas of potential dangers.
my sisters boyfriend was so sure that the snakes would "smell" his fear and smash out their tanks and attack him he would not enter the house.
When he realised he was leaning against a custom built display tank in the living room 1st time he visited he nearly had a heart attack and ran out the house waited in the car with windows and doors locked...:rolleyes:
oooh mr. macho.
the irony is that if they could even understand just a tiney tiny bit about these guys they would realize they ran from. a. ball. python. BIG SCARY as compared to someone seeing prehaps an adult retic and freaking out...
