Reason You Started Keeping Snakes

i was thinking why i wanted a snake and just wondered what got you lot started on snakes :D :confused:

i got into them when watching the big squeeze (an old old show on animal planet) it intreaged me so i did some reasearch on it and convinced my parents a few years later to get me a bp

my son wanted one so i did the research before allowing him to get one. while checking out what kind of snake would be best for him... i fell in love with balls.

he changed his mind on getting a snake and i got one anyway!

Years ago my sister was given a male ball Python from a friend. I would sneak into her room and hold him. At first she was really into him but then she became "to busy" to care for him. So she resulted, once a week for me to clean his cage for $10. Which in the end I would buy him food with it.

Then around 7 years ago...she asked me if I wanted him. OF course I took him...I still have him..me and that little guy grew up together...He is the one who started it all for me.

I lived the first few years of my life in Michigan and our house was right next to a large state forest...so I spent my yougest childhood roaming and collecting snakes, lizards and any critter that I could catch. My first pet was a garter snake at age 5.


I then moved all over the US as my step father was a military contrator and whenever I went I always hunted out the wildlife, especially reptiles.

I guess it just been with me all my life...all the interesting colors, patterns, great community of people (and their perfect size) is what turned me totally to Balls.

i've loved snakes since i was 4 years old trying to catch garter snakes before they went into the blackberry bushes! just always been fascinated i guess! fast forward about 16 years- going into petco to get dog food and always stopping to check out the snakes before finally deciding that i NEEDED one of my own... which very shortly turned into two! lol

I as well as a child always had and wanted herp pets(Lizards, frogs, toads, turtles, snakes). Now I'm just a big kid and have lots of herp pets and plants.

BP's are the friggin coolest! :carrot: that's why I have so many of them and need many more!LOL :rolleye2:

I've always loved animals, but could never own any as a kid except the two family cats. Then, about ten years ago, I started volunteering at the zoo to get the experience and training started and fell in love with the 7 snakes in the education department...especially the female ball python, she started it all.

My ex didn't really want snakes in the house, though, and barely accepted my red checkered garter which was my first snake pet. Then finally, after years of not having something (money, space, permission :)), I got a thousand dollar scholar award from school this summer and was able to get my BP. Only a few months later, I picked up my corn. :D But that's it for me...no more space.

I was terrified of them as a kid. Mom took me to a pet store to hold one and show me there was nothing to be afraid of. I fell in love after that but was never allowed to have one growing up. Once I got married my (ex) gave in and allowed one. Since he moved out a few years ago, I have finally gotten to the point where I can have what I want!

I've always loved reptiles and have been keeping them since I was 6 or 7.