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Well, now that I have kids I don't keep venomous. There are definitely some beautiful venomous snakes out there!!!! If I were to keep them (and lived in another state) I would definitely have padlocked cages! My oldest daughter loves to help out with the snakes. Garters are just as much fun and a whole lot less dangerous! I have worked with all sorts of reptiles over the years and have always had garters in my collection, now that's mainly what I work with. Accidental bites will happen, I don't care how careful youare, you can get bitten. I was bitten by a 2 month old eastern massassauga...it was entirely my fault. I was handling it doing a class (many years ago, andwith no venomous experience at that time) and turned the baby snake over. I received a dry bite on my right index finger, only one fang sank in me. I was lucky, it could have been worse. The hospital I went to didn't know what to do, other than nickname me snakecharmer and give me a prescription for antibitoics because I was bitten bya wild animal.