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Originally Posted by Rex322
I'm not stupid either. I wouldn't go hold a snake I don't know well that's large without someone present. Homers a little different to me because I've spent so much time around him and with him. I know the snake to the point that I can feel safe and confident enough to not need someone else
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And yet you admit yourself that animals are unpredictable. Wild, non-domesticated animals are even more so. I'm sure Roy thought he knew Montecore pretty well, right up until his teeth were buried in his neck.
How many zookeepers have been injured or killed by animals they worked with for years? Snakes are no more "tame" than a lion in the zoo. They may tolerate us and even become comfortable with being handled, that doesn't make them tame, or trustworthy.
You know, if you want to handle Homer alone, there's nothing I can do about it. But you sounding so nonchalant about it and acting like your snake is somehow different than another because you've owned him for a few years worries me. You should be every bit as cautious with him as you would be with a snake you'd never met before.
