what got you into snakes/why do you like them?

i'm an animal lover so i see no fault in creatures, even the ones i'm deathly afraid of.
i had a bp when i was 19 cuz i saw it in the pet store and fell in love with it.
i'm the kinda person that does things that are different, so owning a snake to me, back then, was out of the norm as i'd been raised catholic and my parents tried to raise me with the whole "snakes are the devil cuz the devil was a snake in the bible!"
mindset. i was always like "whatever..."
i've always wanted another bp but was determined to do it the right way, with plenty of research on their care requirements and all the supplies needed to properly care for it, etc.
now i have Nyx, a mojave female hatched by our dear frankie.

Growing up, I was terrified of snakes (thanks to my mom who still is lol), so when I grew up and moved out on my own, I decided that I didn't want to be afraid of something that much. About 15 years ago, I figured the best way to confront my fear was to face it head on. I searched the local ads and found boa constrictors for sale. I went and bought my first snake. Although I was SO nervous around her, I made myself handle her and eventually, we bonded. She was a great pet for many years. She got sick, had to be put to sleep, and I was devastated. After her, I began to get into ball pythons (due to their smaller size) and now, our house has been taken over by snakes! They really do make excellent pets. They are low maintenance, beautiful to look at, quiet, don't have to be house trained, and inexpensive to feed. My fiance and I have 5 children and we have been teaching them that not all snakes are "bad" like most of today's society thinks. They are amazing creatures and fun to own as pets. Two of our sons (ages 7 & 8) have their own ball python in their room that they take care of and handle and our 1 year old will have one in a few years. I'm going to start breeding next year and going to let the kids help out with that. They love baby animals! So my love for snakes actually started out as a fear. I have tried doing the same thing with spiders, but I just couldn't overcome that one. I went to the pet store, petted a tarantula, and freaked out lol. Don't like mice either, unless their frozen food for the snakes :)

well not the long ago i catch snake in my shop garden snake i give the snake to my son 10 years old he start researching about the snake. Feed this snake
He start taking about snake every day so i got him the first ball python and just felt in love with them now im getting my own BP

I have always been terrified of snakes. I was one of the people that would say "why would anybody want to keep a snake". Last year I held my first BP on my honeymoon. Hubby isn't scared of snakes. He wanted a photo taken with the BP. I wasn't letting him get one up on me. I actually got to hold the BP longer than I anticipated. Hubby kept messing with the camera settings and lolli gagging around. Meanwhile I was starting to get more comfortable with this to me large snake :) I thought he was the coolest thing. I told hubby when we walked away I'm getting one of those when we get home. Now I'm addicted. I have learned so much from this site on how to take care of BP's. So much information that I had no clue about. Now I have 4 BP's, Coral Albino Boa and now a Kenyan Sand Boa. I would love to have more but my hubby says no. He said that 3 snakes ago :rofl:

I have always been fascinated with snakes. My mom tells a story about me carrying a dead snake around for a few days when I was 4 or 5. Finally she got rid of it and told me it's mama came back to get it. When I was 8 or 9 my mom bought me a ball python from her boss. I learned a lot about husbandry with that snake, much at her expense. She got burned from a hot rock. She also ended up with severe rat bites on her back when I left a rat in her cage over night when she was in blue. That required several trips to the vet. And finding a vet to treat a snake was no easy task 20+ years ago. Even through all of that I had her for 14 years. I have no idea how old she was when I got her but she was an adult. She died about 3 days after laying a clutch of eggs about 10 years ago. I still have one of her daughters from that clutch. Before anyone gets all pissed off just remember I was 8 years old and we had no Internet and no BP.net.

As many have said, I used to catch snakes(mostly garters) when I was little. I had forgotten my wonderment at these fantastic creatures until my wife started telling stories of how her father used to keep snakes. Then in Dec. of last year i got my 12yo daughter a normal bp. Besides wanting to occasionally hold it she really had no interest. Me on the other hand became obsessed with getting the husbandry correct and soaking up everything I could find/learn. Well that snake is now technically hers, but we all really know who's snake it is.LOL I now have
added 1.1 pastels and 1.0 pinstripe, and will hopefully have my 0.1 spider soon enough!!! I guess it turned out to be true, you know, them being like chips!:D

As a kid, I too caught a lot of garter snakes and lizards. I never was very afraid of them. I hate when garter snakes pee on me, though...

Anyway, I'm NOT a fan of pets. Especially at my house. They stink, they shed, I'm allergic to cats, etc... So my friend, who's wife is horribly terrified of snakes, owns a ball python. It was being housed at his friend's house, 2.5 hours away. He suggested I get the snake at my house, then he could hang out with her more often (he lives down the street from me).

"NO WAY!!!" I said. I do NOT want pets at my house. It's just a hassle to have to take care of them, and snakes will stink! Plus, I don't want the cost of it...

So we were out working on his parents' remodeling their home. One night he says, "let's go hang out at my friend's house and check out the snake."

Next thing I know, we're taking her home with me, cause I fell head over heels! Then, I find BP.net! Wow, her husbandry was awful! She was 460 grams and 5 years old! :O

With tons of reading and research on BP.net, and other sites, I learned proper husbandry, tweaked and adjusted things (I'm an electrician and heating/cooling technician), and got her set up beautifully. She's up to 1400 grams now and doing great!

Now I have (shared with my friend) 14 adults, 12 babies, and 8 eggs due in 10 days! :cool:

I love BPs!!!! Ball Pythons. See the addiction!

I've always liked snakes, but my grandparents (I was raised by them) were against having any animals in the house whatsoever (even their dogs).

I didn't get my first snake until three years ago when I first moved in with my boyfriend. At the time we had a tokay gecko we purchased from the Petco down the street from our house and we knew the guy in the reptile department really well. We were browsing around one day in Petco for supplies for our tokay when Ian offered us a female ball python they kept in their office. There was nothing wrong with her, she just went through a shed and previous ate a large meal and Ian didn't want to put such a beautiful snake on the floor in fear that it would go to the wrong keepers. He literally gave her to us for FREE (we were completely caught off guard by this), because he trusted us enough to know we would take care of her well, despite how I didn't know a thing about snakes but my boyfriend took care of some awhile back.

Thanks to Ian at Petco, that was the day I found enjoyment in the world of snakes and BPs. :D We also had a checked albino garter we got from him as well, who was terribly cute and absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately my boyfriend ended up loosing him (:rage: !!!), but our BP and the garter were our first real snakes we took care of together!