Pregnancy and Pythons

[CherryPython]

Your friend needs to go on holiday for a while...Greece is nice in the spring, and dirt cheap these days...

ROFL. I feel so bad for him. I hope she doesn't hit him TOO hard with the bat when she finds out that he's put this deposit down. I'm so proud of him, he was a good friend to me during a difficult time, and was such a help when we were at college together. He's REALLY done all his research and already sounds like he's been breeding for years (just from his research knowledge, obviously more will come with experience IF he ever gets there...). He doesn't want to leave her on her own with a baby and he's happy that she's pregnant and willing to put up with the rubbish attitude being displayed towards him.

[satomi325]

Your friend sounds like a respectable guy to standby the girlfirend and her baby (even if the father is questionable).

Either way, for people going "oh, my snake is going to eat the baby', around 20 children are killed by dogs every year. I don't see many families getting rid of the family dog... A constrictor snake related death is about 5 every couple years. (emphasis on coupe years) And that's usually due to incorrect caging like using a weight to lock a screen top. All of these deaths are preventable with correct caging and security.

[CherryPython]

Your friend sounds like a respectable guy to standby the girlfirend and her baby (even if the father is questionable).

Either way, for people going "oh, my snake is going to eat the baby', 20 children are killed by dogs every year. A constrictor snake related death is about 5 every couple years. (emphasis on coupe years) And that's usually due to incorrect caging like using a weight to lock a screen top. All of these deaths are preventable with correct caging and security.

I've lost count of the amount of times I've read in the paper or seen on the television/news:

"A dog has attacked a young child leaving him/her with ## stitches and a traumatic hospital visit"

[Jazi]

Your friend sounds like a respectable guy to standby the girlfirend and her baby (even if the father is questionable).

Either way, for people going "oh, my snake is going to eat the baby', around 20 children are killed by dogs every year. I don't see many families getting rid of the family dog... A constrictor snake related death is about 5 every couple years. (emphasis on coupe years) And that's usually due to incorrect caging like using a weight to lock a screen top. All of these deaths are preventable with correct caging and security.

Agreed, if I were in that position I would have been long gone by now or at least on the way out the door. I'd help pay for the kid, but there's no way you're going to tell me to stay out of school and get rid of my pets if you don't even know if the kid is mine or not.

You know, for how anti-exotic HSUS is, they even admit that there's only been about 12 documented constrictor-related deaths since the 80s (as of a 2009 article by them about the little girl down in Florida). Interesting then how people assume the snake will kill their kid, but even an anti-exotic group admits it's less likely than a dog or cat.