Why do peole have to be so horrible!

[JamieLynn]

Ok I'm tire of hearing every one I meet say "oh my god you have a python, the state is gonna come and take your kids away"

I spend a good portion of my day trying to educate all the people around me that snakes make great pets. I feel like I should start hitting these stupid people! I had to ask for some help lately to cover some of my bills, and everyone I asked just said "well get rid of the snake"
Like they think the snake caused the "its not a depression" and its the snake's fault so many people are out of work, its the snake that is the root of all evil.
I look at them and say, I love my python, I don't care what you think I'm keeping it!!!!!!
I was chatting a couple days ago and was told how totaly gross snakes were, I didn't know they were gross, I think they are cool. The stupid chick that said that even iggyd me because I have a snake.

I'm sad to know that my 5yo daughter is smarter than all those people in charge of this state.

To ALL of those people I say just wait, one day I will have more than one little BP.

[wolfy-hound]

Don't worry too much about ignorant people. Just try to educate the ones that seem open to listening to actual information rather than the old myths.
There's nothing wrong with having a pet, and the idea that a snake would be the reason for needing finiancial assistance is laughable.
Spend a little more time here with the cool herpers, and ignore the losers.

[jere000]

Ok I'm tire of hearing every one I meet say "oh my god you have a python, the state is gonna come and take your kids away"

I spend a good portion of my day trying to educate all the people around me that snakes make great pets. I feel like I should start hitting these stupid people! I had to ask for some help lately to cover some of my bills, and everyone I asked just said "well get rid of the snake"
Like they think the snake caused the "its not a depression" and its the snake's fault so many people are out of work, its the snake that is the root of all evil.
I look at them and say, I love my python, I don't care what you think I'm keeping it!!!!!!
I was chatting a couple days ago and was told how totaly gross snakes were, I didn't know they were gross, I think they are cool. The stupid chick that said that even iggyd me because I have a snake.

I'm sad to know that my 5yo daughter is smarter than all those people in charge of this state.

To ALL of those people I say just wait, one day I will have more than one little BP.

i got 8 b0as but ive never had this problem most people i meet like them

[Muze]

In my experience, it takes a lot of time & patience to educate people about snakes. And some will never come around. Pretty much everyone I work with now asks me how they are doing, do I have babies yet, have I added any more to my collection, etc. Not many of them want me to bring one in for show and tell...lol...but they are all polite about it (I manage a law firm). As for the family, they are all still somewhat afraid of them, but send me snake pics, weather updates (so they don't get sick...haha), and things like that. Same with my friends. A handful have volunteered to care for them while I am away, but most just ask polite questions about them.

But I got the looks of disgust, you-must-be crazy looks/comments, and my dad flipped out when I brought a snake over during a visit (my mom said it was ok...uh huh). So it really has taken a lot of tolerance on my part.

Hang in there & you will come across a few people that you will manage to educate (at least to a degree), and it'll seem worth it to put up with the others.

[nobody]

yeah i know how it is. why is it that whenever i tell someone i have snakes they instantly tell me about that one time they ran one over with the lawn mower, or chopped one up with a shovel. i know how aggrivating it is.

[JamieLynn]

I find some of it funny, there are those who say my snake is gonna eat me/my kids. And then I tell a person who knows about snakes (when they ask what kind I have) oh I just have a BP, and hear the sound of them hitting the floor laughing.
My little girl bp can't even eat a full grown rat, let alone a 50-60lb child

[blackcrystal22]

People who meet me as the girl with reptiles from my mom, already know that me and my mom are pretty smart people and are not judgemental.
When I say 16 reptiles (going on 18 ) and 13 of them are snakes.. people tend to wonder though.

[jason221]

ignorance != intelligence.

Either way, yes it sucks but unfortunately ignorance is a part of life. You can't convince everyone.

[kabuna]

Most of my family is that way. My friends are more open to it though. I just don't get some of my family to my house as much since my 2 BP might try and eat them

[DavidG]

I have a general distaste for peoples opinions. I meet people who have kept snakes for a long time I would love to hit with a 2x4. There's a guy I met trying to convenes me his red tail will only get 4 foot because he's keeping it in a small tank. I don't want to lead to a topic about snakes growing to enclosure size though. I think people who should be experienced and aren't are the worst. If a person could care less about snakes then their lives are lived contently. To torture an animal so you get some kind of gain from it is way beyond me.