This is a good opportunity to teach your daughter that animals arent toys. They are breathing, feeling, reactive beings that have their own agenda for what life should be for them.
Yes we play god and dictate every aspect of their lives and expect them to revere us in return. But thats not the way it is. They sometimes love us, sometimes just tolerate us and sometimes are a little unpredictable. My son was been bitten by a cornsnake when he was 3 and thought he was dying. A few bites later(not just from reptiles) and now at 13 still loves animals and respects them more for those little mishaps.
Worse bite was from a greedy pet rat that thought his finger was a graham cracker.Second worse from a pet bird that didnt feel like being petted. So really any animal she has can bite but for some reason snakes are more scary but far less painful then some other pets.
Sorry for the preachy reply.
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