Neighbors upset over snakes in condo....

[CrystalRose]

This is going on near where my sister in law lives. Ugh.

http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/Neighbo...292310901.html

[andyroof1979]

Good greif

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Rule number one when you have snakes & neighbors, NEVER tell your neighbors that you have snakes, be discret whether it's one or one hundred same goes for the rodents. I know people should not have to hide but the least your neighbors know the better of you are. It only takes one neighbor that tell another neighbor or that gets upset with you for hell to break lose, and the first thing they'll use against you are your snakes.

My neighbors in my previous subdivision NEVER knew I had snakes, one of my neighbor only found out when I moved out.

It's sad but that's how people are and if those neighbors put enough pressure on the local council you can be sure there will be a new ordinance in no time.......funny thing no one never cares about the crazy cat lady that has 10 or more cats in her house

[Daigga]

Well the good news is that almost every single comment on the story sides with the owner of the snakes. It's pretty obvious the people they interviewed didn't know anything about snakes and went out of their way to make their neighbors life difficult, which is a real shame. It's also obvious that the news article is trying to spin this into some dangerous animal hoarding story. It sucks when the media tries to take up arms against you.

[anicatgirl]

Wooooooow

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Wooooooow

[bcr229]

Well, his first mistake was buying a condo. COA's are worse than HOA's.

My neighbors know we're the "snake people", and because of that we're contacted about once a month in warmer weather to relocate a black rat or garter snake from a garage. They don't know how many we have, nor do they know about the retics. A few have seen and like the king snakes, ball pythons, and boas.

There's also a couple of "lizard people" in the community who have geckos and chameleons, and of course we have not just one but two crazy cat ladies.

[KMG]

Id much rather a crazy snake lady over a crazy cat lady.

When I lived in a apartment nobody knew I had snakes. Well the manager did but she kept it to herself. Now in a house I have one neighbor that knows I have A snake but has no idea what I actually have.

[KING JAMES]

Rule one of snake keeping in a condo or development..don't tell neighbors you have snakes, Rule two of snake keeping in a condo or development...don't tell neighbors you have snakes.

[artgecko]

Yeah... it's for this reason I don't volunteer any info about our pets with our neighbors. We just bought a house this summer and our neighborhood is filled with older couples or older ladies that seem kindo of "busy bodyish". Not that they aren't nice... but the last thing I need is for a retired older lady to make it her job to get rid of the snakes I have in her neighborhood lol. I agree that buying a condo wasn't the best move for this snake owner. I wouldn't have one regardless, but it's just asking for trouble if you have pets (especially those that others fear).

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Yeah... it's for this reason I don't volunteer any info about our pets with our neighbors. We just bought a house this summer and our neighborhood is filled with older couples or older ladies that seem kindo of "busy bodyish". Not that they aren't nice... but the last thing I need is for a retired older lady to make it her job to get rid of the snakes I have in her neighborhood lol. I agree that buying a condo wasn't the best move for this snake owner. I wouldn't have one regardless, but it's just asking for trouble if you have pets (especially those that others fear).

[CrystalRose]

Latest update to this. There was a village meeting about this last night. The neighbors are saying they can't list their condo for sale because of the snakes.

http://www.cbs58.com/story/28244709/...age-of-slinger