snake care during pregnancy (of owner)

[drache]

doctors are obligated to tell you all sorts of stuff, covering them for the smallest probability of suspicion of negligence, or their malpractice insurance will have their butts, or simply not cover them
in the case of ob/gyn, their rates are through the roof already, because everybody is already suing their sorry butts for every damn thing that can possibly go wrong in a birth, because in this place and time, if something goes wrong, somebody better damn well be responsible
so yeah - they will err on the side of caution
I can't imagine that they'll make you get rid of the snake, but who knows . . .

[sschind]

doctors are obligated to tell you all sorts of stuff, covering them for the smallest probability of suspicion of negligence, or their malpractice insurance will have their butts, or simply not cover them
in the case of ob/gyn, their rates are through the roof already, because everybody is already suing their sorry butts for every damn thing that can possibly go wrong in a birth, because in this place and time, if something goes wrong, somebody better damn well be responsible
so yeah - they will err on the side of caution
I can't imagine that they'll make you get rid of the snake, but who knows . . .

I know they are obligated to tell you certain thing and unfortunately, in this CYA world we live in, those things have continued to grow in number. They aren't obligated to tell you to get rid of your pets but when it comes to reptiles I'd bet that's what the majority of them would do. Maybe not 9/10 but I'd bet at least 75% would recommend you get rid of the snake.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about cleaning my snakes cage or preparing its meals if I were pregnant, I'd be worrying about plenty of other things if I were pregnant trust me. My point is use common sense and you should be OK but if it worries you get hubby to do it and enjoy the break.