Age of owners?

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

One thing to note: this poll is not respective of reptile owners as a whole, but rather it shows the age group of people on bp.net who are going to vote for a poll regarding their age.

I think it just goes to show that the age group that spends the most time on the internet answering polls on a forum that they like is the mid 20s, and it falls off with older and younger age groups.

However to the OP: whoever told you to "grow up" because you keep reptiles is an idiot.

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Yea, after I polled and posted, I realized my mistake in the future data. Either way, I'm enjoying the responses.

Thank you everyone for the encouragement. I was very frustrated. Thanks

I haven't met a single person that judged me or looked at me differently for owning snakes...people either like snakes or don't like them. I don't think it has much to do with the owners themselves.

I am 22 and have been keeping snakes for 3 years.

I'm an old fart, 42, eh, who cares.

20 year old lady friend. Pretty sure i've had my snake since I was 14?

People will be judgmental of literally anything and everything. I have been judged for owning a pit bull. Well, really, I've been judged for owning such an assortment of animals to begin with. Although, if MY collection is something to "complain about", I can only imagine what some have said to those who own 20+ different species in their homes.

My bottom line is, if you can properly care for the animal, (enclosure, feed, vet, safety precautions) then no one has the right to judge.

people are scared of what they don't understand, it's just the fact that they arn't as educated on reptiles as people who keep reptiles.

People will always judge. I either get good compliments for keeping snakes, or unfair ones. Either way I don't care what people think because I don't want to waste my time being sad or depressed about what some people think. I love snakes and it will always be that way, no matter who likes it or not. I'm 14 and have 9 snakes at the moment, and nothing's going to stop me from getting more in the future. I've also gotten quite a few people to handle my snakes and end up liking snakes when before they were frightened and thought of snakes as gross & scary.

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

Yeah that's one thing i hate...
i have piercings, long hair, and I'm young.

I look like what people think is "the typical dumb kid with snakes".

it bugs me alot...

but that's what happens when you look like me, and you deal with uneducated ignorant people...

I'm sure it doesn't matter what you look like...
alot of people are just ignorant.

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I'm 20...have long hair, usually am wearing jeans, and a black t-shirt with some sort of band logo (Usually Metallica), and will often wear different leather wrist cuffs. So yeah, I know we're you're coming from to a certain extent. I really hate how some people treat you like you couldn't possibly know anything about animals. Which I suppose, just makes it all the more sweet when I prove I know more than they actually do ;).

Well i gotta admit whenever i heard of some1 having snakes or any sort of reptile i immediately thought they were weird and would have piercings and tatoos ha but know from being on this forum and researching stuff online before i got my bp i don't really think that anymore.

But one thing that really annoys me is when people say that's disgusting i bet it smells terrible and then i try explain snakes are very clean and NOT slimy ha. I mean have you ever smelled a wet dog its actually the most disgusting thing ever ha don't know how people have them.