Don’t kid yourself. Although there of course a very real danger present with keeping Hot’s, but giant constrictors can be as or more dangerous as any hot. With the exception of just a handful of very large Hots a skilled keeper should be able to handle them safely without any assistance. The same cannot be said of the giants, I in fact have an old friend out west that kept a very large female retic. He made a mistake with her a suffered a nasty bite followed by constriction. Fortunately he had someone there as he should have to help him and they managed to get her off of him, but not before she cracked one of his ribs. I remember another case years ago where a keeper was distracted during feeding of a large retic and she got his hand instead of the rabbit. He jerked his hand away resulting in his hand being almost completely de-gloved. He of course required major reconstructive surgery and months of rehabilitation.Originally Posted by Maixx
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