POINTS VERY WELL MADE SACHA AND JOHN,
HERES MY DELIMA.
AT MY HOUSE A HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD SON WHO IS WAY TO FEARLESS WHEN IT COMES TO SNAKES. LAST WEEK WE HAD
A RACER IN THE BACK YARD ABOUT 3' LONG OR SO. UP TO THIS POINT I HAD ALOUD HIM TO CATCH WORM SNAKES, RINGNECKS, AND EARTHSNAKES. I THOUGHT MAYBE THIS WOULD CURVE HIS CONFIDENCE IF IT WAS TO WILEY TO CATCH. I TOLD HIM OKAY SO HE PROCEEDED TO PICK IT UP.
AS HE DID IT WIGGLED VIOLANTLY AND IT DIDNT BOTHER HIM IN THE LEAST. IT THEN "LATCHED" ONTO HIS WRIST. AT THIS POINT MOST ALL 4 Y/OS WOULD BE SCARED OR CRYING.
BUT MY BOY JUST GOT THIS GRITTY LOOK ON HIS FACE AND
TOOK THE NIP IN STRIDE AND NEVER MISSED A BEAT!! NOW I
KNOW I MIGHT GET FLAMED FOR ALLOWING HIM TO DO THIS
BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF SNAKES WE HAVE IN THE WILD AROUND HERE , COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT HE SEEMS TO ALWAYS FORGET THAT I TELL HIM TO NEVER PICK UP A SNAKE TILL "DADDY SAYS ITS OKAY", I THOUGHT A GOOD NIP
MIGHT CURVE HIS CONFIDENCE. UNFORTUNELTY IT DIDNT, IF
NOTHING ELSE IT JUST RE-ENFORCED IT AND REGRET LETTING
HIM DO IT.
BEARING THIS IN MIND, I WOULDNT FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING A VENOMOUS SNAKE IN THE SAME HOUSE WITH HIM.
HOWEVER I LIKE THEM SO MUCH THAT A VENOMOID SEEMS
LIKE THE ONLY SOLUTION, FOR NOW ANYWAY.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE
HEARING IT.
GOD BLESS
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