At what age did you get your first snake?

34 lol. One of my snakes I've always considered my son's, so I guess he got his first snake at 6 months old! Haha

You should have had an "old geezer" category! lol

I "inherited" my first Ball Python from children who moved to upper Michigan this year. I'm 62. I also inherited a ball python "rescue" a couple of months back. While I've always loved reptiles, I just never thought about being responsible for their care until this year. And yes, I know that Balls are a long lived little snake. I have a plan in place should they outlast me. lol

I got Wanda when I was 18, but I held my first snake when I was maybe 7 or 8?

first experience with reptile(s) i had was when i met my step father when i was 8, he had an african spurred thigh tortoise and two ornate box turtles. then when we moved in he had to get rid of them due to the size they took up so he donated them to a nature center to help and teach kids! fast forward a few years later weve moved a couple times now, i was 13-14 i got MY first reptile, a redfoot tortoise. two years later again, now living in a different state, i became obsessed with lizards, 6 months later i went to repticon and bought my bearded dragon. then about 8 months later i started learning about snakes and getting over my huge fear, 6 months after that i got them to agree to a snake and a week later (yesterday) she arrived at my front door! (a western hognose) so im 17 with a tort, a beardie, and a hoggie! now my dad is becoming interested in another tortoise now that we live in a house again, also all my pets ive paid for, except the food. the snake is the exception cause i just bought food in bulk, cant necessarily do that with a beardie or a tort!


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Caught my first garter snake in 2nd grade. I was 7. Caught every snake there was to catch in Michigan except a Massasauga rattler. My Dad caught a baby one once. I had a small collection including a corn snake, an eastern coachwhip snake, an eastern kingsnake, a retic, and ball python back in "80" or "81" but ended up getting rid of them. Who knew?

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

Caught my first garter snake in 2nd grade. I was 7. Caught every snake there was to catch in Michigan except a Massasauga rattler. My Dad caught a baby one once. I had a small collection including a corn snake, an eastern coachwhip snake, an eastern kingsnake, a retic, and ball python back in "80" or "81" but ended up getting rid of them. Who knew?

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My grandmother used to get so mad at me for catching pygmy rattlers. In my life, I've caught more rat snakes, corn snakes, and black racers than I could even try to put a number on. I still do it to this day

First Python at 12/13 yrs old..here I am 30 years later.


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I LOVE your Avatar!!! lolol

10 years old!

The neighbor girl had caught a wild milk snake in our field when I was a kid and I thought it was the most beautiful animal in the world, then I got a subscription to Reptiles Magazine which absolutely blew my mind. I remember looking at the pictures of albino ball pythons thinking "That just can't be real". So I begged and I begged and I begged and then I saved paper boy money my parents finally gave in and I went and purchased a baby Okeetee corn snake :cool:.....and it's been 17 years since then (I'm 27 meow) and I haven't lost that love of the animal in general since.

I was catching garter snakes as long as I can remember. I never kept one as a pet though, my mom said we could keep any animal that we catch for one day and then we had to let it go. I remember getting bit a lot when I was a kid and lots of blood dripping down my arms LOL. Here's a photo of one of my first snakes, I'm on the right, I was probably about 10-12 years old. My best friend at the time was on the left. This photo was taken back in the 1970s, we lived in the village of Fredonia Wisconsin.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...irst-snake.jpg


After that I didn't catch or keep snakes until I was almost 50 years old, I think my first snake was this Arizona Mountain King snake.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...cond-snake.jpg