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LdyPayne
at Fri Feb 20 13:06:37 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by LdyPayne ]
I agree with Justin's point. Though ball pythons are not venomous, it is possible the salyva can cause an allergic reaction. Though in the initial post, it was mentioned the kid hyperventilated after being given benadryl(?), which makes me wonder if this kid is allergic to alot of things. The only real way to know for certain if the snake is the cause of the sudden swellen, is to have a doctor take a sample of the ball python's spit and do an allergy test on it with the boy.
It may not even be the snake as well, could easily have been a mouse the boy was feeding it, the substrate, or something else entirely.
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