What made you interested in snakes?

I was scared to death of snakes. I was tired of this fear so i went into the pet shop and pciked up the first snake i came acrost. He was my central boa petie. I am now in love with the idea of having snakes and i am gearing up for the purchase of my first ball python.

Animals in general have been something I've always loved. I've had hamsters like everybody else, but I also saved up my own money to buy my first bird. I also have handled dogs, cats, and recently added fish. But I'd say my love of snakes started with the Columbus Zoo. We have a great collection of snakes there, along with many other animals. I think the CZ may have just passed the San Diego Zoo as the top rated zoo in the country. Anyway... The snake thing started there, and only got stronger. My best friend Chelsea has an 8ft burmese. After handling Zach I knew that I needed to get involved myself. My parents were iffy for a very long time but I worked it out, and now I'm the proud owner of three ball pythons. I'm perfectly happy to stick with ball pythons, although I'd like to volunteer somewhere where I can work with bigger snakes as well as hots.

I also used to catch garter snakes as a child. I always thought they were really neat; however, I never thought of owning a snake when an adult because I just didn't think they would make good 'pets.' My husband had a ball when he was younger and kept telling me what a hoot she was and how he would love to eventually get another. It wasn't until he got me to handle a baby ball at Petsmart that I began to think it could be fun to be a snakekeeper. I went home and started to research the everything about ball pythons and we ended up getting two within a month of each other last year.

I am finding them facinating, challenging and overall wonderful creatures. I am very glad hubby finally convinced me. We both enjoy them tremendously! :D

I love animals in general (feeding our snake is hard for me). I was around 8yo when my dad brought me to a snake farm. I held one and it was love at first sight. Thankfully, I've never grown up afraid of snakes like most people, and now am raising our two girls to bypass that fear too. :)

I had always liked snakes in a vague childish way but what caught my interest was when i was camping me and a buddy found a baby texas ratsnake which looks like a corn with a burm pattern. We had to let him go. I really pleaded with my parents to get one and reasearched a ton of stuff. Within the month I had a Ball Python. My parents are now actually liking them. Imagine That! :rofl:

I'm just one of those people who can relate and communicate better with animals rather than humans; always have been and always will be. Despite the fact that snakes may seem... not very "communicable". I understand animal body language and behavior very well, and it fascinates me. That, and when things get rough, I love to escape the human sounds and aggravations and just turn to my dog, or birds - or have my beardie lay with me. In a way, I find the slithering and slinking of a snake around the neck and hands to be somewhat therapeutic. :rolleyes:

That's my excuse. :D

I was interested in snakes when I was little and my Mom would let me go down to harbour by myself. My friends and I would go down and hunt for snakes(milk and gartners) all day! Then when I hit about 15, the city turned the grounds into a city park! I grew up and kinda forgot about snakes and if I did pass a pet store then I would stop in to look at all the critters and I finally talked my wife into letting me get a scorpion about 2 years ago because I always loved them but my Mom would never let me have one. About a year after that my sister in law started dating a ball python breeder and I went to pick her up from his house one day and he invited me in to see them. My wife stayed in the car and my daughter came with me. My daughter and I held most of his collection and fell in love so we bugged my wife for one and after weeks of bugging the guys eggs hatched and she gave in so I took one home and never looked back! I want more but my wife said not until you get me a bigger house then you can have a whole snake room and as many as you want!!! We are currently house shopping! LOL!

I simple enjoyed watchign them swin in the dirt hole ( became a fishing hole ) and started to caught them never bother me.. I grew up with a family for the most part hated/ scared to death of snakes. I know if my grandfather was still alive he refuse to visit cause he be wantting to empty a large number of shell fro mthe shot gun into the snake room. Oddly enough my mother was scared of them but once i got the ones I have she is now ok around most of them. Just does not like the redtail too much right since one of the cats almost became dinner while snooping inthe room while I was in the bathroom/bedroom tryingto mutli task several porject at once and sick as a dog.

Two words.
Steve Irwin.

Do I really need to go into greater detail?:D

I grew up next to a prominent local breeder named Jack who allowed me to work off my first ever snakes by helping clean tubs and feed snakes. I learned so much about snakes from Jack and it was a sad day when he moved and sold off most of his collection.