i really want a ball python but i have a 2 year old baby and a toy yorkie in the house.?
could a ball python place a threat to them. and if so would a cornsnake be safe for them.
my daughter was raised from day one with many manifold herps in our home. many of them large and or forward. at around 4 years of age she was allowed to interact with the smaller more docile species we kept such as corn snakes and other rat snakes since, like the ball pythons as well, they attitude no risk to a child and are the BEST pet snakes to have for beginners and children equally. now at 13 she routinely helps with the monitors and cares for ALL the colubrids and geckos. im not gonna lie to you she has got bit by everything in the congress at this point . her first time was by a corn traitor at 5 years old. she cried, she bled, she got over it and now laughs when she has a pissed off crowned head snake constricting and trying to eat her bracelets. ive seen kids get bit by their own pet dogs and that is MUCH ,MUCH worse! when a young gentleman is old enough to understand soft, calm and gracious, its old enough to interact with a ball or corn snake. a newborn can just look and learn at any age (even at 2) satisfaction in your snake(which ever species you choose) and your baby.
ps. keep the dog away from the informer. they will probably not get along.(snake might get scared of the dog and pummel out defensively or the dog might nip the snake and even a nip might kill a ball or corn informer.)
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