[sargon]

Snakes can easily go for a month without eating.

Seems to me like a tragic accident.

I don't see any reason to charge the parents.

[Above My Pay Grade]

I agree that the snake not eating for a month might not be such a big deal.

However, the fact that it had escaped from its enclosure at least 5 times before and the parents were either too stupid, too lazy or too cheap to put a lock on the enclosure makes me think this “accident” was forseeable and totally preventable. I have no problem with the parents being charged.

[Maceman]

We have a 4-ft. ball python that we’ve had for 7 years. It is completely harmless, but the cage is always secured shut.

To have a large constrictor essentially having free run of the house where there is an infant is insanity. I would think there would be a several possible criminal charges here — at least depraved indifference, negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter, if not murder.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... I don't see any reason to charge the parents."

Sargon, are you just joking or have you taken a blow to the head recently?

[al baby]

I think some snakes can go without there offspring for 31 days