Pregnancy and Pythons

[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.