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29 March 2024

Mom wants python who bit son spared

Depending on the veterinarian’s verdict, the snake could be put down. (SUPPLIED)

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A 14-foot-long python faces euthanasia after it bit a 10-year-old boy in West Jordan, Utah, but the boy’s mother has asked that the snake’s life be spared, the Salt Lake City Tribune reported Saturday.

The snake that bit the boy was provided for a children’s public Halloween party in West Jordan by Salt Lake City-based business Scales and Tails. Business owner Shane Richens said the female snake would be examined by a veterinarian to determine if its defense mechanisms were triggered by an illness or injury.

“We want to find out if there’s any reason she did this, but she is definitely not being used in shows,” Richen said. He said the snake had been pulled from making any public appearances.

Depending on the veterinarian’s verdict, the snake could be put down. But the boy’s mother, Christian Martin, said the incident was not the snake’s fault.

“I do not want the snake put to sleep, but it shouldn’t be around children, either,” said Martin. “Maybe it should be in a zoo.”

Martin said her son’s bites have healed and he was not traumatized, although “he is not going to want to be around snakes anytime soon.”

She said Scales and Tails has offered to cover her son’s medical bills, which she welcomes, and offered to throw him a free private party, which she does not.