The Great Snake Debate

[Jafis]

Anytime I have a guest over at the house or basically when people find out I have a few snakes as pets I always get hit with the "OMG why would you ever want a snake as a pet?"

This is always followed by "You can't pet a snake!"

"OMG don't they bite you?"

"What about the children?"

"OH NO you feed it mice?!?!? Thats just cruel and terrible!!!"



Do you guys and gals have to put up with comments like that to?

[juddb]

i keep mine where nobody can see them unless they ask too.

[borat1]

i get those responses all the time, it's ignorance mixed with lack of knowledge.

[Snakeman]

yeah i get that a lot from friends and family.you have no idea how much that annoys me and i usually say something back that shuts them up.

[Kilo]

Yea I have bunch of pictures hanging up in my cubicle... I get these questions almost daily!

[Beardo]

I don't associate with people who aren't familiar with my animals or who don't have snakes themselves lol.

[Laooda]

I just act shocked! :eek: "What!?!? There are SNAKES in there"!?!?!?
lol... Actually, almost everyone I am close with is a cold blooded animal person on one level or another. The ones that aren't... well, we just don't discuss it past the basics, No it can't kill you... No, it's on poisonous, yes... I feed them cute fuzzy things.... They gotta eat too... If they spark a legit interest, there is more conversation that usually leads to them holding something... If not, then I just accept the fact that they are not going to warm up to the idea, and I put a spin on the conversation subject....

[snakedude56]

Everytime, without fail, that my aunt comes over she asks me if they are poisonous. I tell her each time that they are completely harmless. But somehow rumor gets around to my aunt that they are indeed poisonous and she asks me the same question again. lol

[Amy05]

yup. i hate it. every time i tell people i have snakes, they ask what kind, and i go "Ball Pythons". And i get the "oohhhh", which is followed by the can't they kill you, or aren't they venemous, or the one i hate most is trying to explain to people that snakes do actually have personalities.

[Jafis]

the one i hate most is trying to explain to people that snakes do actually have personalities.

THANK YOU! I hate explaining that as well.

I think I should get one of those Baboons for my next pet. The ones with the big pink butt's and walk that thing through my neighborhood on a daily basis. This way nobody will care about my snakes anymore and they just focus on a real concern...the mean looking animal with the big pink butt.