It's contagious??

I am sooooo addicted to bp's. I started out with just one and now I have three. My boyfriend has become just as addicted as me. He actually bought me my last snake and he knows that I want more. We are making plans to get another female normal to add to our collection. So yeah, it is very contagious!

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Originally Posted by jackiechan

I just started in October! Me and my girlfriend walked into petsmart looking for butterflies for her and i stopped to look at the reptiles. I saw a ball python and wanted to buy on impulse immeditaley! The sales lady then gave me some info sheets and pointed out to me what i needed. I thouht to myself... This is going to be more then just taking home a pet. Im the kind of guy that likes to research and always looking to learn new things! So i did just that! Found this forum and super useful informatiom that is just pure fun to read! Picked up my first BP the week of thanksgiving and ive been in love with this new hobby! :)

When i first told my girlfriend her reaction was "NO!!!, eww! Never in my house!, dont get me near that thing!" now my girlfriend holds and plays with him and thinks hes cute haha.

Now im always looking for local reptile stores and always cruising by to take a look at everything!

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OMG that is too funny! same exact thing here! my hubby has never liked snakes. went to the pet store to price salt water aquariums. i have always loved snakes. asked if i could hold the ball and fell in love! 2 weeks later after MUCH research and prepping her tank, oct 24th this year, we brought her home. same thing, he LOVES her to pieces! we got a cinny male breeder 4 days ago and they are locked up today. this has been so amazing and everything is moving so fast! lol. best of luck with everything.

I love this thread! may be my favorite 1 yet!

I've turned several people on to snakes over the years. Helped one of my co-workers get his first and the set up, etc earlier this year.

Now I'm helping one of the boyfriend's friends get hers and a set up for it, as well as giving her pointers to get it set up properly before it gets home. She's never had a snake before and is super excited. She sent me a text yesterday telling me she put a deposit on her and got to hold her for the first time. "I felt a connection with her instantly. Never felt that with any other animal before" Gotta love first timers.... always makes me smile and it NEVER bothers me when people ask me questions about their new pets. If I can't answer it immediately, I'll usually give them websites that will help answer their questions or help them search for their answers.

I think the most rewarding ones are the people who are so scared of them they won't look at the animal and a few weeks later, they're begging to play with your animals, and later you're helping them with their own animal :)

You're a lucky lady Leah :)

My girlfriend was afraid of snakes before she met me. One of the reasons she was interested in me was the snakes though. She thought it was an "interesting" thing about me. She called my Lemon Blast and Fire Mojave "hers" after we first started dating. We now own a project together :D She talks about "our" snakes which are a Black Pastel het Albino and Pastel het Albino. We are aiming for Black Pewter Albinos. She always asks to go in my reptile room and hold animals. She even holds them while I clean tubs. She helps with the rats for the weekly tub cleaning also. I'm a very lucky man.

Regards,

B

When I first got into the hobby I was dating a guy who was interested in the snakes, and borderline "adopted" my mojave male (as in play with him all the time but never actually do the work in caring for him :rolleyes: ) as well as made a point to show all his friends. Was glad he wasn't afraid, but not so excited about hearing him talk about "his" snakes to impress people. Pretty weird stuff (Actually had to explain why taking a snake to a bar was a bad idea and why I would not allow it :mad: )

Since then though I've been dating someone else who already has the reptile bug, and we're slowly converting his daughter :D she's got her own leopard gecko, and I love it when she brings other kids over and she does a sort of "show and tell" around the house. We're pretty excited to move into a bigger place and have more opportunity for different animals. He's kept iguanas and other non-snake species in the past, so in that respect I'm learning from -him-, haha!

It's also amazing to see how quickly people go from "HOLY :cens0r: ! Keep it away!" to asking to hold the snakes after they see how calm they are while I'm sitting on the couch or what have you. Not necessarily off to go get themselves their own snakes, but slowly working down the terror factor in a few people, gives me a little hope