Does owning a BP affect your relationship with others?

Ball pythons and reptiles in general are known to be gross and cause problems, only because people are not educated on reptiles. People call me insane for saying the prices of snakes, they say " I wouldent even pay that for a dog!" The only thing we can do is educate them as much as we can, and hope they accept them =D

-Payson

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Originally Posted by mrmertz

LOL...you should see the reactions when we go for a walk and take a couple of the boys along for some fresh air and scenery!

I'd say out of the ones that spot us, 50% do nothing but gawk driving by, 25% make sure you see them make a "that's disgusting" face, and the other 25% are actually intrigued enough to stop and talk with us. Particularly when we have Mr. Biggles out - he's our adopted 7' boa.

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ROFL xD well what ever gets the word out about how snakes really. :P

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Originally Posted by David802

LMFAO nice, well what they don't know wont hurt them! How are snakes a sign of the devil? that just confuses me......

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The whole adam and eve snake in the tree thing :/

yeah...I know..

Perhaps your family is very religious? I think a lot of close mindedness about snakes stems from the fact that a lot of people are very religious, and we all know what the snake represents in the Bible.

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Originally Posted by EvesFriend

Perhaps your family is very religious? I think a lot of close mindedness about snakes stems from the fact that a lot of people are very religious, and we all know what the snake represents in the Bible.

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My mom is catholic but she isn't outwardly stupid about certain things in the bible. Just the snake in the tree thing.....

:( Just my luck.

hmmm I don't know enough about religion to know anything more then there is a snake in one of the books... or something LOL :P Interesting. that does explain alot lol

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Originally Posted by David802

hmmm I don't know enough about religion to know anything more then there is a snake in one of the books... or something LOL :P Interesting. that does explain alot lol

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I just think a lot of Christians either consciously or subconsciously associate snakes with the devil since the devil appeared in the form of a snake. In some sects of Christianity they explain the snake not having legs by God banishing them to walk; so they had to crawl.

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Originally Posted by EvesFriend

I just think a lot of Christians either consciously or subconsciously associate snakes with the devil since the devil appeared in the form of a snake. In some sects of Christianity they explain the snake not having legs by God banishing them to walk; so they had to crawl.

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Thats actually very interesting. I dont believe in religion myself, but I've always thought it was interesting to hear about what others believe.

I've not had any issues in relationships. Some people don't like snakes, but he's in my room and no one has to go in there.

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Originally Posted by EvesFriend

I just think a lot of Christians either consciously or subconsciously associate snakes with the devil since the devil appeared in the form of a snake. In some sects of Christianity they explain the snake not having legs by God banishing them to walk; so they had to crawl.

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Yep, the po' old snake has gotten a bad rep for thousands of years. Particularly when it comes to religious beliefs and the unfortunate metaphoric correlation to snakes you can see the ignorance that has been passed down through generation to generation.

I have one person in particualr at the church I'm at who flat out states that people who keep snakes are quote, "weird". (It's a good thing I wasn't present at the time). That statement right there shows (to me) how ignorant and narrow minded people really are and also how they project their views upon the actual owners of snakes themselves. I would have slammed her with suggesting that she read Proverbs 12:10.