My friends

[Brandon.O]

When i talk to my friends about my snake they usually dont seem to care or be TO intrested but i had a few of the girls over to watch some movies yesterday (who usually dont like bugs,and spiders and SNAKES) and they told me they wanted to see my snake so i took rocky out and let him crawl around a bit and then by the end of the night they were holding him and petting him and one of my friends even put him in her hair like a scrunchy ! It was soo cool and im really glad that they got to see why im so obsessed with him. It was a great night

[led4urhead]

Congrats on the converts . I think education is definitely the key. My parents are slowly comming around, however they still dont like to go in the herp room when they visit. I've "converted" a couple of friends, but i think i'll have to keep working on some others

[Super_Smash]

Ok, still being new at this, i dont know what Herp is. Care to explain??

[mlededee]

"herp" is short for herpetology, which is the technical term for the study of reptiles and amphibians. so a "herp" is any sort of reptile or amphibian. i.e. pandora is your "herp."

[Nate]

yeah i've had the same experiance brandon....once i tell people how they don't have 2 inch fangs, they won't bite, they won't wrap around your neck and try to kill you, etc etc, they normally do come around and hold him

[UberAlice]

I've had the same experience, plus my two girls are amazingly sweet and really like human contact. It's all in making sure that people new to snakes understand a few rule: don't touch the snake on its head, don't make any sudden movements, always fully support the snake, and to tell me if they feel uncomfortable. Maybe it's a myth, but I honestly do believe that all animals can sense fear/nervousness, and will act accordingly. Not that I think my girls would strike unless food was involved....but it's a chance I don't want to take.
Remember to make sure they wash their hands before and after handling the critters. Congratulations on the new converts.

[led4urhead]

Remember to make sure they wash their hands before and after handling the critters.

Definitely important.

[Brandon.O]

yeah one of my friends asked if he would bite her and of course i told her he wouldent and i looked away for like a split second and she was petting his head ! i was surprised becuase he didnt even jerk his head away or anything like that so now i know he will tolerate his head being touched which comes in handy if he ever has a bad shed and has some skin stuck on there i can get it off.

[UberAlice]

Just be careful, snakes generally don't have braincases so petting on the head = touching them on the brain through a thin surface of skin.

[mlededee]

wow i didn't know that. in that case i guess they have really good reason to be sensitive about their heads.