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RE: Need Help With a Research Project

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Posted by: Sonya at Fri Jan 30 12:07:07 2004   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Sonya ]  
   

>>Hey all...

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>>The reason I don't already have my own bp is because my husband really doesn't like snakes and distrusts them completely. He did allow us to get a colubrid to help foster our daughter's interest. Since then, my love for the animals has only grown and he's seen this and respects this. But still can't bring himself to trust them.

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>>Last night, he said it might be possible for me to get my own bp this summer after we move again and get settled into our new home. His primary reservation is that it is a "dangerous" constricting animal and we have a small child. Our youngest is 19 months right now.





I have never been biten or wrapped by a BP so, I can't help you there.

I did do a web search and found only a handful of news items for pet snakes constricting owners and they were all Burmese, Retics and AfRocks ...the GIANTs. I did hear something about someone's 10ft boa killing him last year in Colorado. I simply can't imagine a BP seriously hurting (besides possibly a bitemark) anyone. BPs rarely get over 5ft. If you get a young snake by the time it is even a couple feet your little child will be 4yo at least. Are you planning more kids? Is he worried about infants? Even then. Deaths by over 10 ft snakes, left free roam (like that is smart) is the closest you are gonna get. I can't imagine it from a BP.
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Sonya



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