Well we crossed this bridge a few years ago also. I moved my large retics to the Garage. This way my wife feels good about the door to the garaage being locked as well as the cages themselves being locked. It worked out rather well as there is just more room in the garage and the smell is out of the house. Not to mention the wife feels safe that way. As for my son I never really kept him from the snakes. I would let him look at them thru the cage from day one, At about 2 years of age I would let him touch them and such. They are obviously to big for him to attempt to hold one so that is a non issue. You just have to be smart about it. To be honest my son is now three years old and because he has grown up with snakes he really doesnt care about them. The neighbor kids get more of a kick out of them than my son does. You can tell by the attached picture my wife is still not very confortable around them. This is about as close as she will get..LOL.
At the end of the day your cages need locks and only you know where the key is

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