It's been ages since I even logged into this site, but I need some help deciding something that could be potentially very difficult. Somehow, when I bought Maja, I managed to completely miss the fact that she is a colubrid. Not necessarily a bad thing, but when I found this out a few days ago, I started doing more research into colubrids. Guess what I found?

Turns out that Indonesian Striped Keelbacks are a mildly venomous species. Again, not necessarily a bad thing, but two other forums I've checked now, as well as a few non-forum sites, have said that the reaction to a ISK bite would be similar to the reaction a person would have to a bee sting.

NOT GOOD! I am, unfortunately, very highly allergic to bee stings. Not quite anaphylaxis, but I've swelled up very badly and painfully the three times I've been stung. It's not a fun thing to deal with and right now, I have no medical insurance, so that adds more things that wouldn't be good.

My question to you all is: What should I do? I really don't want to get rid of Maja, but I feel like it would be better for me to rehome her and completely avoid the risk of her biting me, as she's already snapped a few times while I was doing simple cage maintenance (changing water, scooping out poo and urates, etc).