Reason You Started Keeping Snakes

i was always terrified or disliking of them until a friend of mine was telling me about her dad's 'dog tame' burm he kept for like.. for ever until she was about 8.

i was so bemused by the fact they kept such a massive snake that i looked them up, found nerd's site and saw a bumble bee and fell in love.

when i finally got crowley, i just couldn't explain to people who aren't into snakes why he makes me so happy.

I was a kid and we had a fieldtrip at a zoo where a zoo keeper was holding a Ball Python, I fell in love immediately, I was so fascinated by them, of course I did not get one than my parents were against it, after that when I grew up I traveled a lot (country to country) so it was not compatible with my life style.

I finally settled down, convince my hubby and there I am with 19 snakes.

Well i was NEVER aloud to have snakes when i was growing up, because my mom hated them... just to give you an example- she was in the garden and a gartner snake slithered by and she freaked, and chopped the poor snake up into a million peices with a gardening hoe.... so i would have never dreamt of having one in her household, but after i joined the Navy, i wanted a pet. Something different. So i went to a local Reptile Store, and looked around to see what i liked. I was so facinated in the Retics, and i did my research before purchasing, and found out how BIG they can get... so i figured being in the Military and moving around alot, a BIG snake was out of the question. So limited my search to size, and i came up with a Ball Python, and have LOVED them ever since.

I always wanted a snake but was never allowed one. I have always loved animals in general and growing up on a farm I begged for several lives. :O Anyway a friend of mine got gifted a bp. He had it for about 8 months and only feed it 1 small mouse every 3 weeks. Bad husbandry blah blah. He decided to move and gave us the snake. We LOVE him. :carrot: He is a very good eater and just a sweet snake in general. He has never hissed or tried to bite. My bassetthound loves him and the cat is mesmerized by him. Hardeen is a super addition to our household and we are very happy to have him/her.

grew up in a concrete jungle so the only moments with snakes was in grade school. Each year this guy would come to school with a bunch of snakes to educate us kids about them. He had everything from garters to a huge burmese python (which he didn't bring to school but had pictures of). When he asked if any one was interested in holding the snakes I was the only girl that ever raised my hand :D. They were so neat to hold and that just hooked me. Its been downhill (or uphill depends on how you look at I guess :D) ever since.

My story began at the pet store where my youngest daughter who has a significant speech problem got very "verbal" around the snakes. It seemed anytime she saw a snake she became very talkative (although not making any sense) I researched all I could and settled on a BP.


My oldest daughter who is deaf seemed to like the idea that snakes didn't have ears and couldn't hear like her either so we were all hooked.

i was just looking at my threads i started and thought that this didnt get enough replies imo

which was probably due to my lack of replies of thank you

well im more in tune of what people expect and would like to get some more replies on this subject

so for al the people who replied and i didnt say thank you to im sorry and thank you for the replies and more replies would bbe great

just felt i had to say sorry and thanks

I just wanted a pet at the time and thought a snake would be cool. Now I feel in love with all reptiles!!!

I don't have a snake yet, but will be getting my first bp in the next couple weeks. I do however have a 5 yr old bearded dragon. I have always been fascinated by reptiles. I caught a garter snake in my front yard when I was in 3rd grade, but my mom made me let it go. (She said it was because it would be happier in the wild, but I know now that she was just afraid of him.) In high school, I was in an environmental education class that gave tours and animal presentations to groups of 2nd graders. I fell in love with Billy, our school's bp. Since I couldn't have a snake in my mom's house, I started researching other reptile options. One of my friends had a plethora of animals and was getting rid of some, and one just happened to be the bearded dragon. I brought him home and my mom was ok with that. Now that I don't have to live under mom's roof, I am going to finally get the bp I've always wanted! Now I just have to get my gf over her fear of snakes and we'll be great!

thanks for your experiences

ink that sound like wots going to happen to me becuase my mum doesnt like snake so ill have to wait untill ive got me own house like you :(

unless i can persuade my mum by then :D hopefully