Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
If he's that easily distracted it's probably a good thing he doesn't keep hots.

An animal who can kill you with a single bite, bringing death twice to your inattentive pal, to me, is far more dangerous than one who may or may not feel like trying to eat me if I, me, not the snake, make a mistake.
Just to be clear these 2 incidents I mentioned happened to 2 separate keepers. And although yes any Hot is capable of delivering a potentially deadly bite, very few have a 8 or 10 foot strike range and with the exception of a case of anaphylaxis to my knowledge there is no venomous animal capable of killing a human in a matter of minutes. And although any envenomation is a life threatening situation at least there is a potential treatment available for most Hot snake bites. To my knowledge there is no way to reverse the affects of constriction. I in no way intend to down play the risk surrounding keeping Hots, I just want to remind people that there are plenty of potential hazards attached to the keeping of many other types of reptiles that all too often are regarded as “safe” by the reptile community.