Age of owners?

im 26.i wasnt allowed to have certain pets i always wanted.now that i dont have a mother or disgusted gf i can get whatever i want.i only have one ball python.had her for four months and ive been missing out and want more critter friends.i definately prefer the companionship of animals as opposed to humans.growing up?it has nothing to do with growing up.thats such a biased statement.besides this passiion trancsends age.my herpvet is over 50 and he has tons of reptiles.

I am 24 and my husband (who would be perfectly happy in a 1 or 2 critter home but loves me and puts up with a zoo instead) and I currently have; 3 dogs, 1 cat, 1 fish tank, 2 ferrets, 50+ mice, 3 ASF, 3+13 rats and now 2.2 bps. Did I forget anyone?... Nope, the dogs just make it seem like more, psychos! I have always loved having a variety of animals around and our house is called the farm house by family and close friends, course my sister is as bad as I am and contributes more animals on her side of the house.

I tend to get the same response whenever anyone learns about my mice or snakes, "why?" Because I enjoy them. Why is it that if I spent a ton on clothes people would think I am normal but because I would prefer to buy a beautiful snake who I can cuddle and enjoy for 30+ years some people look at me funny?

My co-workers say I march to a different beat, doesn't sound like a bad thing to me. :dance:

I'll be 42 in July and got my first snake about a year and a half ago...My hair is short and I work in a profession that requires a high degree of professionalism and public trust...guess i don't fit into the pigeon hole LOL
I had fish, lizards, amphibians and dogs growing up and i would catch snakes and play with them...never let a bite discourage me. I know some people at work that have snakes and some that think it's very odd, but no one has ever said anything worse than, "You're #%$*ing crazy." but they say it in a semi-joking way.

wow alot of younger people :) i cant vote though :(

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Originally Posted by loonunit

I got my first snake on my 31st birthday, when it occurred to me that I -am- a grown-up, and I can decide what pets I have. I live on the other side of the country from my Mom, so it doesn't matter if reptiles freak her out, and I can jolly well have a snake if I want one. Or two. Or, um, ten.

And hey, I totally have dogs! For the record, two dogs are waaaaay more work than 10 snakes.

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Wow we had the same situation. I am 27 and told my mom I was planning on getting a ball python after I had researched it thoroughly. She was disgusted and begged me not to. I guess even with our own lives, our moms will always be moms. :D:D

Hahah I'm 17. I bought my first from someone (including payment) a couple of months before I asked my mum. She freaked, but she's pretty cool and she just asked me not to torture her that way. Hahahah a week later she went overseas and it got delivered(: I told her and she gave me the -.- face after I promised to keep it out of everyone's way and faces. And that they don't ever need to see it if they dont wish to. My whole family's still squirmish about it, and hate it when I take them out.

lol ever since i was 14 my dad would bring me snakes so its his fault ive sold 9 and still have another 7 left