I have achieved the impossible.

When I got my first snake, it was a baby corn snake, just about a month ago.
My mom is terrified of snakes, but she was ok with it because it was a baby, and not very large in size.
But, predictably enough, I was HOOKED on snakes, and went out and bought a ball python on a super sale at Petco.
...my mom was terrified of the thing, and wouldn't go anywhere near it. When we had him out to play with him, we had to cover his head when she walked by (his head freaked her out).
In fact, her first words when she saw Nergal was, "That thing is flipping scary!"
So, I went to NW seed and pet, a local pet store, and bought a small book on Ball pythons. I brought it home and left it in the bathroom by accident (I had been reading it while taking a bath).
This morning, my mom comes out of the bathroom and throws the book in front of me on the table, and she said--I kid you not!!--
"I like the stupid yellow ones. They're really cute."
AAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe it! She loves the bees, just like me, and especially Yellowbellies, Mojaves, Lemonblasts, Albinos, anything with lots of yellow.
She even touched Nergal's head a few days ago.
Unbelievable.
This might seem like no small feat, but you don't know my awesome mom. (:
(Next, I'm going to get her to join the BP.net forums ;) )
She also said she hopes someday we could have baby killer bee BP's. YES!!!
Best. Mom. Ever.
I freaking adore ball pythons. They are the best pet ever. :P
Shellie

Congratulations. Some folks just need time and exposure to lose their fear...snakes have very 'alien' faces, and they look very strange to those who have never really looked at them before. Once they get used to the strangeness, they can make more sense of their features, and develop more empathy.

I agree. I'm just very happy she can now see how I think BP's are so cute. :)
It's something ABOUT their faces looking so "alien" that makes them cute, too.

Great news! Glad she is accepting your snake into her life. You never know, maybe she will take an active part in your ownership and maybe finance a few for you.

Congrats!
Jim Smith

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Originally Posted by j_h_smith

Great news! Glad she is accepting your snake into her life. You never know, maybe she will take an active part in your ownership and maybe finance a few for you.

Congrats!
Jim Smith

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I wish my parents would help me finance just 1 haha.

Very cool, that's always a good thing, I have to try really hard to get my mom to even touch Eva.

Congrats! My mom isn't afraid of Ramses, but she won't touch him. Well I asked her to touch him once and she just poked him. That doesn't count.

Luckily, my dad loves snakes almost as much as I do. He's perfectly okay with holding them while I clean tanks and whatnot.

hah!!!! next step is to take her to a local breeder and get her one of her own!!!!;););)


Pitoon

That's an enourmous win for you in so many ways. Parents can seomtimes have a hard time adapting to new things, depending on the situation. I love that your mom was honsest about her fears, but decided on her own to learn more about your love of snakes.

She probably really enjoyed your enthusiam and that translated in her ability to not only respect them, but nurture a new admiration for them. Very nice story.:gj::gj:

:( I'm so sorry, guys--I got a warning for putting the stars instead of the curse word. :(
I didn't know direct quotes would offend anybody, I was trying to display the emotion my mom felt.
I feel awful. I'm so sorry if I offended any viewers. :( I won't do that again in the future.
Again, my apologies, and thanks for reading the thread anyway.
My mom actually held Nergal today for the first time! It was amazing. :)
Thanks a lot. :]
Shellie

Glad to hear about your mom coming over her fears. :gj:

My mom loved snakes nearly as much as mine (in fact as a girl she once put 3 garter snakes in her mouth with their heads poking out, when her mom asked her what it was, she spit all three out at her, haha) but didnt want to end up caring for them if I got them, well after I moved out a BP was one of the first things I got. But we cant have moms awesome in all aspects and your mom's fear is a lot better than other problems people can have.

My mom was the same way. She wouldn't allow me to have snakes...
when I was 16 I went out and got two corn snakes and hid them in my room. She found them and was quite angry, but didn't make me get rid of them. She just never came into my room...

Flash forward 12 years and my brother's girlfriend needed a place for her 11 foot Burmese python when she went to Africa for college.
The snake ended up in my brother's room...and guess who absolutely LOVES him?
Yup...my mom. Now she wants a snake.

Behemoth fan I'm guessing?

That's wonderful when I lived with my parents snake was automatically no so had to get grown first then get the snake my won't even walk in the room with a snake so I totally understand how u feel

w00t!

I'm the snake-phobic mom. Held out for 12 years - no snakes inside the house, no pets, no catch-and-release-from-the-yard, not even a dead one.

I finally gave in - I saw a pastel (yes, that's yellow) at the brand new reptile store my husband and kids started going to every weekend. I thought she was pretty and I saw a little kid - probably 6 years old - holding her and she was just balled up in his hand sitting chill. She looked more like a big chunk of candy than a snake.

So I did an impulse buy - yep. I took out my bank card and shelled out 250 bucks for something I was scared of and knew nothing about. Okay, it was more than 250 because I went to the store owner and told him - I want that snake and everything that it goes with - so he loaded up tank, heater, hides, bowl, substrate, cork backing, thermostat, thermometer, fake plants, rat, and a book into my car.

You can imagine the jaw-drop going on at the house when my husband came home.

A few weeks later I joined bp.net.

Today, I still can't shake the phobia - especially after I got bit for the first time - by a hatchling no less! But, I can handle the snakes now as long as my husband or the kids are in the room with me. I can even pick them up out of their tank by myself!

Wow you are lucky!!! My parents where so easy to convince with a corn snake or leopard gecko. But now they wont even budge, so I still have to work a bit of magic :) any tips haha, I will try leaving a ball python book in the bath room hope that works LOL :)


Hope you get your bumblebee :)