What made you interested in snakes?

:)Steve Irwin

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Originally Posted by herper55

:)Steve Irwin

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I thought it was cool how he loved snakes as a little kid also and how is little girl sits there holding em.

Like many others here, I have been fascinated by snakes and other reptiles for as long as I can remember. I don't think I ever remember being scared of a reptile. When I was in elementary school (5th grade I think) my father brought home a ball python, a male named Aries. That snake was awesome. Looking back on it now, there are tons of things I would have changed about his cage, haha. Then they got Sheena, a little columbian red tail boa. My mother was terrified of these snakes and my Dad and I were the ones to clean and feed them. I remember being fascinated by the way they ate and moved around. We also had a chameleon before that and had bearded dragons at the same time as we had the snakes. Eventually we had to move and we could not take the reptiles with us. Fast forward to 2006. I convinced my mom to let me get a bearded dragon. I was living with my grandmother at the time but my bearded dragon would stay with my mom (my grandmother hated reptiles and my mom loved bearded dragons). Of course my mom was supposed to care for my bearded dragon until I could convince my grandmother to let me bring him to her house. My mother ended up putting my little guy on crushed walnut shell and he got impacted and died. So later I was able to convince my grandmother to let me have a leopard gecko.

Then in December of 2006 I found the cutest little snow corn snake at a local reptile store. I had to have her and convinced my grandmother to let me get her (I still do not know how I did this). And thus began my journey into the world of snakes. In August of 2007, I purchased two ball pythons, a 100% het pied male and a normal female. October 31st, 2007, I purchased a pastel male. Early November of 2007 I purchased a pastel female (I really regret selling her now), By March of 2008 I had purchased a spider male, pinstripe female, and two normal females. I also rescued a male normal later.

I really hope to work with reptiles more in the future. My husband is not as enthusiastic about them and really doesn't like me spending money on them like I do. Our snake feeding bill is already at $130/month. I have promised not to purchase any more reptiles until our debt is paid off. As of right now I'm still allowed to breed them though. :rolleye2:

It was in my parents genepool, Dad started it and Mom fueled it, The best of parents..:gj:

i am just your typical enthusiastic animal lover but when i got my first bp years ago i just thought it was cool. i had no idea what a bp required & the pet store employees didnt bother to tell me, they were making a sale. needless to say the snake eventually died & i still to this day, mourn the loss. i am gonna be getting another bp soon & am researching my butt off here so that i do not make the same mistakes i made years ago.

Honestly, I don't remember what made me like snakes.
Maybe it was because I loved watching them at a pet store, or because I was just amazed at how they can more around without any legs what so every and that their body just seems to be pure muscle.
But I just find them so cute! After two years of begging my mom, she finally agreed to let me own one. Took me another year to save up and what not, but now I finally own my baby female ball python. Who's name is Snakey Kafusu. XD But I call her Kafusu for short. She's such a sweetie! She's in shed right now, and when I handled her (don't yell at me, I know I'm not suppose to. I was just double checking with the girl i bought her from, and I had to transport her) and she was crawling all over she, as if she didn't care she was in shed.

But anyways, sorry about that, she's my first ball, and she's just so cute!
I really don't remember why I like them, it could be just because I find them cute. I honestly don't know.^^;;

I went to this pet store, I saw a Green tree python. I started researching pythons and saw ball pythons I had always wanted to go to the petstore and see all the new morphs and thats what really triggered my interest, i cant get enough of them now =D

-Payson

My mother gave me my first snake for my 6th birthday. A bit before WWII :D

My family have always been huge animal people. And to be honest i cant really explain it. Snakes just fascinate me. They are truly amazing creatures and are amazing products of evolution. I had always wanted one but my mom wasn't having it. I eventually convinced her to let me get a ball python, then it started. :D After less than a year i now have an albino bci, bco, jcp, mp, pair of leos and a top notch peruvian showing up at my house on Friday.

Its just hard to explain, but i love snakes. I am now going to college in the fall and enrolling in the pre-vet program then after graduate school i hope to enter a residency to then specialize in exotic pets. :banana:

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Originally Posted by Reptis

My mother gave me my first snake for my 6th birthday. A bit before WWII :D

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You mean more like a bit after WWI right? :rolleyes:

Because 1928 is not what I call a bit before WWII