First of all, I have never lived my life or made choices about things based on what others thought. When it comes to owning a snake and peoples general ignorance and impression of snakes...it falls along one of the biggest problems throughout our world.....People in general have way to many opinions on things they have no real information or knowledge about.

Anyways here are a few interesting double standards I always think of when people go....oh my god you snakes? lol


Why is it acceptable when peoples cats dont want to be pet anymore and bite the heck out of your hand for your to stop? Why is it acceptable to keep dogs in the house that are trained to attack a stranger that enters the premises? This is ok and acceptable...but the idea a snake may strike if you startle it or it is nervous makes them the creatures from H E double hockey sticks.


Why is it ok to lock up dogs in homes all day and kennels 95% of their life but to keep a ball python in an environment close to what they live and hide in Africa unacceptable?


Why is it mean to feed snakes frozen or live rodents but it is ok for us to feed our dogs and cats meat/chicken/fish?


Why is it ok to accept pets that cause thousands of dollars worth of damage in our homes as they go from a baby to adult ok...but having a snake that doesnt make you sneeze, unroll the toilet paper, pee on the floor, shread the furniture, cover your home with hair a bad thing?


This list could go on forever lol but the point of the matter is this. The answer to the above questions is based around a couple of things....

Conditioning and Perception.......this is how we live our lives and are influenced with our choices and believe it or not controlled. In short...dont let others perception of what you love or your desire to raise a snake bother you........if they are open to information try to provide it......offer for them to come and take a look.....for the ones that wont accept information, they are the ones that you chuckle at and go.....

You know you may have a point......just last night I got bit bad by my snake and since then I have been thinking of gettin rid of them. Then show them your hand with 4/5 fingers showing as if the beast got the finger good...lol