Got called a reptile freak today

I had a neighbor get pissed off at me so she had the cops show up at my house at quarter to one in the morning because she feared for my children's safety. Yet her kid spends the night at my house all the time :rolleyes:
Needless to say, I don't talk to her much anymore.

Some people I work with are actually afraid of me. Oh well, I don't care for them much anyway :)

I think it is funny when you educate people about them and once they actually realize just how harmless they are they start asking questions and becoming genuinely curious about them. I know it doesn't happen very often but it is nice when it does.

People just say I'm weird, or that I don't look like I should own snakes... What do you have to look like to own snakes? Im a 5'9 blonde with no tattoos... does that mean I can't like reptiles? lol I should really work on my image....

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Originally Posted by heathers*bps

I had a neighbor get pissed off at me so she had the cops show up at my house at quarter to one in the morning because she feared for my children's safety. Yet her kid spends the night at my house all the time :rolleyes:
Needless to say, I don't talk to her much anymore.

Some people I work with are actually afraid of me. Oh well, I don't care for them much anyway :)

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Heather, that is hilarious! Really? The cops? What did the cops say? Most cops here I know are pretty genuine guys. You probably could've invited them over to come visit with the snakes :rofl:

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Originally Posted by sissysnakes

People just say I'm weird, or that I don't look like I should own snakes... What do you have to look like to own snakes? Im a 5'9 blonde with no tattoos... does that mean I can't like reptiles? lol I should really work on my image....

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You at least need a facial piercing and an armband tattoo. Didn't you get the Reptile Ownership Manual? :P

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Originally Posted by Vasiliki

My boyfriend's brother-in-law has been asking me lately: "Why do you have SO MANY reptiles?! Why would you even want a reptile?"

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Originally Posted by h00blah

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I'm stealing this! Too awesome!


If I have ever gotten any names, it hasn't been said to my face, and I've been lucky in that most people I talk to are more interested than anything. Once I was called to help my aunt's friend with a "giant 6 foot snake in the cable box!" but it ended up being an adorable little garter.

I work in a building of 800+ people, and anytime I'm introduced to someone new, I am introduced as my parents' child (they worked here before) or 'She's the one so and so was talking about that has all the snakes!'. My Manager and coworkers are constantly asking how the snakes are doing, or if I'm "expecting" this week. Haha. I have to people on my team that are petrified of snakes... and I've gotten both of them to touch one (one was actually shaky and getting teary eyed.. but still touched the snake, and got to tell her family she actually did so)! Even though they are 'grossed out' and frightened by snakes, they respect them more after talking to me, and can still appreciate the amazing colors and patterns they come in.

So I get called 'the snake lady' a lot, but it isn't usually negative. When people ask if I'm scared or afraid of being bit, I explain that it doesn't usually hurt much when they do, and I rarely ever get bit - I'm more concerned with getting peed or pooed on. When asked if I'm afraid they'll eat my cats, I explain that only one of the snakes we have is potentially large enough to eat one of my cats.. and he's terrified of her. If the cat is too close, he takes off the other direction. People thing it's interesting that a 'big scary snake' is terrified of a little 5 lbs petite siamese kitty :)

I've been called "Snake Boy" & also been told that keeping snakes is stupid. I was so disappointed I bawled for two days.

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Originally Posted by h00blah

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Bahahaha.... :gj:

I totally laughed out loud at work. Too funny!

lol called all of that and then some , ( shocked the fire house guys never hada tag made for my gear saying snakeman instead of my name lol

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stealing this to put on facebook lol