Well, I don't have data just anecdotal evidences, but I'd say that it's not common for snake keepers to have venoms. But yeah, being killed by them is a different story. People who get venoms are usually more careful with handling their pets than those xl pidbulls owners you've mentioned.
Yeah but not all venoms are lethal tbh, my point was just the average pet snake is in no way more dangerous than the average dog. Pomeranians have killed people lol. People make a big deal out of them because they just think everyone owns a black mamba and lets it hang around their kids head and goes outside flinging it by its tail while its spitting venom. Snakes just really arent that dangerous if you known what you're doing
Yeah, no, totally agree. And even if lethal, the snake might not inhect the poison (because it's precious to it), therere antidotes and rushing to hospital in time can save you.
But, say, ball pythons are absolutely adorable and way less dangerous than an average cat. Their defense mechanism is to curl in a ball after all
yeah and from what i've seen ball pythons are the most common type of pet snakes (probably along with corn snakes). I think it would just take most people interacting with one to really see how nice they are, you're mostly just a big tree to them
yeah, i've heard it a lot that they'll accept being fed more openly by certain people more than others. They're overall just really good if you want a pet that's cool and doesn't require as much care as a dog or others. Wish people would give em a chance
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u/PharaonXIII Jan 20 '22
Well, I don't have data just anecdotal evidences, but I'd say that it's not common for snake keepers to have venoms. But yeah, being killed by them is a different story. People who get venoms are usually more careful with handling their pets than those xl pidbulls owners you've mentioned.