My cousin is a gun lover and someone tagged him in this video on facebook.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3htdn...NCXzNV&index=2
When I watched it is couldn't help but compare it to a reptile hobby. So here's mine:
It started with one lizard. I see him at the pet store for dirt cheap and think "this will be a cool, cheap, and easy to manage pet". So I buy him and get to doing the research. I spend over $100 in the first few days to try and meet my new pets husbandry needs.
2 weeks later I pass by the pet store and decide to walk in, just to look and compare with what i've got. Next thing I know, I'm at the front counter filling out the adoption paperwork for my lizards "new friend".
"It's an investment". After all, I could breed them and make my money back and then some!
Then I saw a a snake. Another investment! Speaking of investments, let's talk about starting a breeding colony of superworms and roaches for those lizards to cut down on cost of food. Now I'm keeping inverts. Oh and a couple tarantulas can't hurt. They're so cheap!
5 months and 6 reptiles later, I'm modifying my one bedroom apartment into a veritable zoo. I'm spending more on accessories and temperature/humidity controls than I did on the reptiles
Spending all my time on morphmarket looking at new cool morph combinations.
Getting new reptiles is like an addiction. A drug addiction would be cheaper than a reptile hobby. And with alot of reptiles at " crackhead" prices, it's difficult to pass up. Then i realize i need even more space and equipment to accommodate my collection.
Then there's the judgement. Every family gathering is like a subtle intervention:
"Your hoarding dangerous animals"
"What if they get out? Aren't you afraid they'll eat each other? Aren't you afraid they'll eat you??"
"They're all gross"
"Those are the Devils minions!"
These gatherings never happen at my house either, no one wants to come over.
I had a lady ask me about my interests. When I told her, she actually prayed for me, as if the keeping of reptiles has sealed my fate in hell.
Sure, reptiles are fascinating both aesthetically and scientifically. They make excellent, long-lived pets, and help with alot of anxiety and depression disorder like any therapy pet. But it's just another addiction.
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