Who can actually name your snakes and their genetics?

Well, just me and my boyfriend. Oh, and my brother knows that the sumatrans are "bloods" and different from Ball Pythons. But that's just about it. My family thinks I'm crazy and take care of "the boyfriends" snakes. I say heck no! Those babies are MINE :D

They also always ask, "What do you do with them?" :rolleyes:

My own family can't even do that. But I have a few friends that can.

My son and I have 57 snakes. Not all even have names. One I've had since July, and only found out the breed a day or so ago (Herping in a local Grocery Store thread in Field Herping forum). So, even I can't name all the names. But now that I know my elaphe obsoleta (actually pantherophis obsoleta) is actually Pantherophis emoryi, I do know all the breeds, sex, and genetics... umm, well, I guess I don't actually know the sex of the rat snake or my bull snake, but I don't plan to breed either of them, so its not important to me. My son Adam also knows sex, breeds and genetics (except for the two I mentioned). Ain't no way he knows as many names as I do, though. So, I'll have to vote 0.

Steve

both my daughters are involved ( I like to educate them whenever chance arises ) some of their friends can also ...talking type,name , sex and genetics here. my herp club members aslo know mine ...no surprise there tho . we like talking snakes !

as for the wife ..well err ...thats another matter ' Its a snake is it not ' ?

My girlfriend, she learned by default as a result of my addiction :)

My dad loves them and will hold them but he doesn't remember the names.

Me and me alone. My dad TRIES, but fails miserably.

Not a single person, my 8yr old son knows that my lemon pastle is indeed a "lemon". but at first he said " but dad it's a snake not a lemon". but the other five all look normal. and the other family members what nothing to do with them. It's totally just my son and my hobby and thats it.

None of the people close to me have much of an interest in the snakes. More for me, bwahaha! My best friend helps me out checking ads for any nice specimens, but keeps sending me links to boas and burms. Bless his heart though, he's trying. :gj:

My kids (7 & 9 1/2) would come the closest. They can identify most of the breeder geckos and they know all of the snakes by name and at least sort of by morph. My son has a basic grasp of the genetics concept - that's a work in progress. :)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I'm pretty sure that Joanna can name all my snakes and their genetics, as well as a handful of other members here (probably you as well! :P)

Does that mean I talk about them entirely too much? :oops:

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Too funny but I bet I can! I remember back when you were grumbling at me and Mike naming all our snakes these odd celtic/gaelic names that you couldn't remember how to spell!

Let's see....the kids have a decent grasp of the basics of who can make what but not really advanced yet. Mike and I basically talk more about the sex lives of our snakes than our own. :oops:

That give you any hint about life in the Franchino family! :D