Halloween...Snakes at the door?

I was thinking about doing that and then I thought about the people on my street that hate snakes and would probably try to call the cops saying they bit them... My neighbors are complete jerks

I think that with children it can help not be afraid of snakes.

When I was in the 3rd grade a teacher brought her BP to school to show everyone. After that day I had no illogical fear of snakes even with all my mother’s fighting to make me afraid of snakes. My mother is deathly afraid of snakes and feels like all snakes should be dead on the spot. Although since I have been surfing this forum I show her how illogical her fear is every chance I get.

I still avoided snakes in the wild as I was not sure which ones are venomous.

Sorry started to ramble. In short I think that exposing people to the fact that not all snakes are bad while giving them reasonable space to decide if they want to be around is a great idea!!!!

In our part of Alabama frivolous lawsuits abound. :snake:

I remember when I was a child, there was a guy 2 streets over that would take his snake out on halloween and let it go in the street (obviously he was supervising). It was a long time ago, but it was a massive animal.

Nobody complained...people who wanted to stay away did. The great thing about snakes is that its a learning experience for many people...its a little different from coming in contact with a dog. Especially children, who aren't naively afraid of things yet- they're open minded enough to try something simply because their friends did. I take my BP or my RTB to the park with me often, and "convert" the kids early, before silly fears take ahold of their lives.

I had one of my babies out at Halloween. I had my little sister there to help and she held her baby while I handed out candy. We didn't have anyone that wanted to touch the snakes, but I actually had a mom that was completely fascinated with the snake and wanted one herself.

I've had my pet rats out every Halloween for the last three years. Kids LOVE to pet them :D Too cute. This year I lost my pet rat, Kitty, and I've recently replaced her with a baby that I had out for the kids to pet. They all thought she was the cutest thing. I also had a big cage of four adults all different colors and the kids loved watching them. The moms didn't even freak out!!!!

I appreciate all the responses and input to my original post. I think everyone had valid points for both the pros and cons. I enjoyed hearing the experiences of others.

Thank you all so much for sharing :gj:

Robbin

I think it sounds like a really neat idea. But on the other hand no matter how tame we think our BPs are they still are wild animals. Even if the snake has never even hissed before there is that one in a million chance that something will set them off. You have to wonder if it's really worth the risk of having your snake bite someone, no matter how small the chances.

What if the neighbor down the street keeps rats or gerbils or rabbits? What if they had the same idea as you and let the children touch/hold the animals? Then the kid comes to your door, reaches for some candy with their warm delicious rat hands and BAM! Extremely unlikely, but stranger things have happened. :O

I did it. All the neighbors went crazy !
They were like: Is it real ? Doesn't bite ? Let me handle it a little bit. ''
I would say total success !