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Justin,
I too have refrained from keeping hots of any kind, mostly because of my responsibilities to my family. But, since you mentioned retics, let me also say that I do not keep large boids for the same reason. It would make no difference to me that a child was killed by constriction rather than by envenomation, so I keep only those animals that cannot do serious harm to a child at all.
My six year old boy loves to hold "his" cornsnake, and that is an experience that you simply cannot replace as a father. You think watching that king cobra stare at you as you felt it thinking about you was cool??? Wait until you see your own child begin to develop a love for the same hobby you have cherished for so long. Now THAT'S cool!!!
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