Did you have a pet snake as a kid?

I kept lots of snakes as pets when I was growing up. The eastern hognose is my favorite. Speckled king snakes are a close second favorite. The only water snakes that would tame down for me were northern water snakes.

I didn't buy a snake until I was 28. Female Albino BP named Sheila. She is still my favorite ball python.

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Originally Posted by hulihzack

got a baby corn when i was 8. He just turned 13 last month. :)

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wow u've had the same corn for 13 years?! Thats good stuff

my aunt raised garter snakes and i had two from her. I was young and stupid and didnt know how to take care of them. I also had a ball python when i was around 13. got him from a "pet swap" which mainly was a bunch of low class white trash people with a ton of animals they didnt know how to take care of.. well got him and had him in a 10 gallon tank with a heat rock *bangs head on desk* but alas.. that was before internet and i had no idea how to take care of him. Sold him to someone else because i kept falling in love with the mice...

I had some small garter snakes, and a green grass snake, as a kid (before I was 12.) I would bring them home from our cabin, and keep them in tanks, feeding them earthworms and such. One of my garters turned out to have babies all over the tank! I let them go out where she came from.

nope. My parents weren't interested in having them in the house. The second I moved to university I got my first one and it didn't take long for my parents to warm up to them. They don't want me to get anymore, so I have to wait until I get out and into my own place, but they're perfeclty cool with the ones I have.

yes since i was about 10 years old i have been keeping everything from garter snakes to burms. now i currently only have bps.

NOOB here...I've had a few pets as a kid, I was 7-8 when my Dad bought me my 1st snake, it was a RTB. I've owned a few others since then, I've had Iguanas, one of which I found swimming in a Lake!!!! Along with many other pets including Dogs, cats, birds, and fish/turtles. I recently rehomed an 08 RTB, BP, and Chocolate KS, against my will ofcourse.

I plan on getting a few BPs for a first time breeding project with-in the next year or two. I'm amazed with the BPs genetics, and the number of different morph possabilities...lol...I was interested in breeding RTBs but BPs caught my attention with the many different possible outcomes. I love all snakes, BUT BPs, top the list.

I've been lurking around this site for awhile now, and I have to say this is the most informative and seemingly friendly BP site I have come across. I plan on being around and asking Quite a few questions.

Thanks.
-Wildman

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Originally Posted by wildman09

noob here...i've had a few pets as a kid, i was 7-8 when my dad bought me my 1st snake, it was a rtb. I've owned a few others since then, i've had iguanas, one of which i found swimming in a lake!!!! Along with many other pets including dogs, cats, birds, and fish/turtles. I recently rehomed an 08 rtb, bp, and chocolate ks, against my will ofcourse.

I plan on getting a few bps for a first time breeding project with-in the next year or two. I'm amazed with the bps genetics, and the number of different morph possabilities...lol...i was interested in breeding rtbs but bps caught my attention with the many different possible outcomes. I love all snakes, but bps, top the list.

I've been lurking around this site for awhile now, and i have to say this is the most informative and seemingly friendly bp site i have come across. I plan on being around and asking quite a few questions.

Thanks.
-wildman

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yea i agree, this site is great

Wow, I'm surprised at how close the poll results are.

For my part, I was never allowed to have a snake. Of course, when I was a kid, I never had interest in anything but boa constrictors. That probably had something to do with it.

As a boy, I had numerous garter snakes and ribbon snakes,a smaller number of blue racers and smooth green snakes and a couple of hognose.
I would keep them in a terrarium and release them before winter came.