Just out of Curiosity (mainly for women)

Just out of Curiosity how many women actually have snakes and actually take care of them, breed them, etc. You always go on these sites or other sites thinking not to many women are going to be doing this hobby/business but the more im on the more I notice there is quite alot of females interested in this hobby/business which is great because the more the better but I was just wondering how many took it seriously.

Two words. A LOT.

*Raises hand*

I keep an assortment of reptiles. I am the sole maintainer of my animals and I also got into the hobby on my own. :)

Despite the stereotype, women make up a pretty large percentage of this hobby!

:carrot: ME ME ME! :carrot:

My boyfriend is really into them too and we live together, but I do most of the cage clean up, feeding, ect. He helps out a lot though, which I really appreciate, as we have so many to care for.

Moi :)

Let's say I own a few :rolleyes: and I do it all.

:w00t: I dooo !

My girlfriend does. None of her animals are up to breeding size, but after seeing how much fun this hobby is, she made the decision to start off with rainbow boas and panther chameleons :D It's been awesome, I've helped her out with reptile care and she's helped me out with tropical plant care. Together we've put together some awesome planted vivariums.

As far as women in the hobby goes, I see plenty of women both attending and vending at reptile shows.

If you look at species such as geckos and tortoises, you'll find that it's quite likely that women in fact OUTNUMBER men when it comes to keeping/breeding.

I own/breed a few also, wish I had a clone to help with the chores :)

Me too! ;)

Just got into owning snakes and I'm ADDICTED. My goal is to hopefully start breeding within the next two years or so. Even my boyfriend is excited; he plans to build all the shelving units and such! :D

I dont breed yet but I own 2 snakes so far and I take care of them :)

I've got a beautiful male normal BP and love him! Herps are great, I may have to get another one in a few years...

Me too!
The boyfriend and I got into balls 3 or 4 years ago and it's been a growing obsession :)
We're down to 1 Kenyan Sand boa, 1 RTB and 7 BP's. Last summer we where almost at 30 BP's but have since given babies away or traded.

Thus far I just own and care for them, but am going to get into breeding probably in a season or two :D

If it weren't for living at home with the parents I'd have A LOT more reptiles than I do currently.

I am a woman and I have two snakes! I love this hobby!

I was surprised too to see how many women are involved with the hobby. My boyfriend thinks I'm so weird for loving snakes but I think he's weird for being obsessed with motors :P.

I have been in love with snakes since I was around 4 :D I didn't have my first pet snake till I was 18 but now just a few months later I have 3 (along with my leopard gecko) and plan on getting more! And I am a female :rolleyes:

I've been around for a while, and yes, there are plenty of women in the industry!

I'm proud to be one of them.

well we have 4.. I defrost all the mice/rats for feedings I feed 3 of the 4 I clean all the tubs and the tank of the one who is in a tank still.. I buy all the stuff and I am the one who designed our racks, plans the breeding projects and looks at the morphs/pricing.

im a girl with 8 BPs....i don't take care of them though, thats what my slaves are for, since every girl is entitled to have a few slaves. OF COURSE i take care of them. funny when boys i date are scared of my babies....

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Originally Posted by hypersomniacjoo

im a girl with 8 BPs....i don't take care of them though, thats what my slaves are for, since every girl is entitled to have a few slaves. OF COURSE i take care of them. funny when boys i date are scared of my babies....

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Can you share a slave or two with me :P I need one!

I keep snakes, geckos, monitors and tegus.

My boss, two co-workers(over at the vet, technically not co-workers.. but I digress).. my former assistant, and 3 friends I can think of with my sleep-deprived brain right now.. all females that I know keep snakes. Another vet worker owns geckos, but not snakes.

So me and another 7 other females all own snakes(at least).

Im in!!;)

I am In my hubby is a little scared of snake but he does pet them and like to watch him eat. I clean feed ect. I am not breeding thought

Wow thats awesome that alot of ladies are in this hobby its so hard like I said to realize that women are into this type of hobby (only because alot of people would think men but obviously not) but its super cool that you guys are. Just out of Curiosity lets see some pics of your collections. I know you mods have had pics you guys got a great collection and yes as a male i can say I am very jealous lol but any other ladies feel free to post up some pics of your collection.

:D I only keep snakes for now... but wouldn't mind breeding one day in the future! I have lots of silly little sheets for fun when I imagine future breeding plans... :rolleyes:

I have 2 snakes, 4 Leopard geckos, 1 Greek tortoise and am baby sitting my son's 2 snakes and Leo. No help, it's all up to me.
No plans for breeding my geckos but I go back and forth with the IJ Carpet pythons...maybe some day.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Let's say I own a few :rolleyes: and I do it all.

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Ditto that, although I don't do it all by myself...thankfully my other half is as into snakes as I am. We combined collections (kind of happens when you live together) and enjoy caring for our snakes (and rodents) together, planning our projects, setting up at shows, etc. SO much fun!

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

I've been around for a while, and yes, there are plenty of women in the industry!

I'm proud to be one of them.

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AMEN TO THAT!

K~

i have several reptiles and enjoy keeping and caring for them!!!

x nicole

Ooooh, count me in.
I just have 2 snakes as pets, but eventually I would like to get back into breeding.
Most people do not understand how I love to be surrounded by my snakes. Watching them move around relaxes me like some people watch fish.

Even if people think it's a guy thing I just don't listen to it, reptiles are my life basically.:)

I'm also breeding my Ball pythons this year, whoooop!

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

Even if people think it's a guy thing I just don't listen to it, reptiles are my life basically.:)

I'm also breeding my Ball pythons this year, whoooop!

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Congrats hope you get great clutches

I take it very seriously. I currently own 10 BP's and am trying my hand at breeding for the first time this season (have my fingers crossed with my male bee and female pastel. I've seen some good locks!). My husband used to HATE snakes. I'm talking he wouldn't even come within 5 feet of me if I was holding one, but he is up to tolerating them now. Sometimes he will even hold them while I am cleaning their tubs, so needless to say, I do all of the care for them. I am completely obsessed and would love to one day be able to take my hobby to the next level. It would be a dream come true to be able to do this for a living.

As for the stereotype of this being uncommon for women to do this sort of thing, I think that's just ridiculous. I would say at least 50% of the people in this business and on this forum are women. I've dealt with my fair share of stereotyping and sexism growing up as a gear head and always working on cars, so maybe I am a little over sensitive on this topic, but power to the women out there who say "Anything you can do, I can do better!" :D

Haha, oh man, I'm definitely into it :D And I gotta say, I know many more males who are afraid of snakes than females ;) Been crazy about reptiles since I could run around outside fast enough to catch them

Just my mojave and pastel as far as ball pythons go, I'll try my hand at breeding once they're big enough, and we'll see if college leaves enough for some expansion. On the side of the BP stuff I've got geckos, fish, frogs, and hopefully a boa soon

ya got me...hehe i'm guilty as sin! i have only 1 snake...for now mmwahahahaha...and i would like to have at least 2 more balls and maybe a nicaraguan boa. no breeding for me, i'm strictly a pet owner.

Me too! There are a lot of females in the hobby!

Well lets see some pictures of yourself with your snakes ladies

Your welcome gentlemen if this works lol

:D Ah, but remember...we're not all supermodels. :D

I be in this group as well. :) Always loved reptiles, thrilled when I could finally own some, and do intend to breed (once money and space are no longer an issue). I do 98% of the care and my BF/partner does the rest since one of the corn snakes is his. He's really gotten more and more attached to snakes since we got together. Which, by the way, has been 10 years as of the 17th. :banana::fest2:

As for pictures...well, I'll just have to get some. Most of our pictures of the critters are of just my hand holding them, or of Ari holding them for me. :)

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Originally Posted by Argentra

:D Ah, but remember...we're not all supermodels. :D

I be in this group as well. :) Always loved reptiles, thrilled when I could finally own some, and do intend to breed (once money and space are no longer an issue). I do 98% of the care and my BF/partner does the rest since one of the corn snakes is his. He's really gotten more and more attached to snakes since we got together. Which, by the way, has been 10 years as of the 17th. :banana::fest2:

As for pictures...well, I'll just have to get some. Most of our pictures of the critters are of just my hand holding them, or of Ari holding them for me. :)

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You dont have to be a supermodel to be a snake enthusiast Im just trying to put faces to all these names

And havent you ever heard the saying "beauty is on the inside" :)

+1 :D


I got my husband into snakes back when we started dating (he liked them but was scared :)). We grew our collection of various snakes and lizards together. I really got into breeding leopard geckos and that was kind of my own project. Now we breed Ball Pythons and shared the responsibility. I have been in charge of things lately due to his work schedule though.

I've meet a lot of women and girls that love reptiles. I would venture to guess around 45% of keepers and enthusiasts are women, maybe more :D.

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Originally Posted by jsmorphs2

+1 :D


I got my husband into snakes back when we started dating (he liked them but was scared :)). We grew our collection of various snakes and lizards together. I really got into breeding leopard geckos and that was kind of my own project. Now we breed Ball Pythons and shared the responsibility. I have been in charge of things lately due to his work schedule though.

I've meet a lot of women and girls that love reptiles. I would venture to guess around 45% of keepers and enthusiasts are women, maybe more :D.

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Hey how do you like having to care for a leopard gecko and your bps I mean snakes really dont require much like leopard geckos but I was wondering are leopards hard to take care of cause i have always wanted them

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Hey how do you like having to care for a leopard gecko and your bps I mean snakes really dont require much like leopard geckos but I was wondering are leopards hard to take care of cause i have always wanted them

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I loved them! Once you have your set up right they are a piece of cake :gj:. I fed the little guys small crickets dusted with a good calcium vitamin (I think it was Sticky Tongue Farms) every other day and my breeders ate mealworms from a shallow bowl. Also, gave them a small dish of calcium power. They bred on their own basically. I would just provide a lay box for the moms and remove and incubate the eggs. All in all they were a bit more responsibility than a snake but not bad. In the past I used glass tanks but after reading up on them (I've been thinking of getting a few again :P), they can be housed in racks cutting down on some work.

I have to admit though it took a while before I was comfortable grabbing live crickets, I was not happy about it but working at a pet store I got over it. And wax worms...:puke:, they remind me of huge maggots. That took years before I would just pick them up out of the container. I was fine with my Rose Haired Tarantula but put a wax worm by me and I'd cringe. :rofl::rofl:

Sad to say but we don't have any lizards now only Balls and two Green Tree Python neonates. We've kept Leopard Geckos, Beardies, a Vield Chameleon, Skunk Geckos, a Frog-eyed Gecko, Crested Geckos, a Savannah Monitor, Green Iguanas, a Rose Haired Tarantula, Berms, Red Tailed Boas, a Jungle Carpet Python, a Blood Python, a few newts and a Whites Tree Frog. I really enjoy all creatures.

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I loved them! Once you have your set up right they are a piece of cake :gj:. I fed the little guys small crickets dusted with a good calcium vitamin (I think it was Sticky Tongue Farms) every other day and my breeders ate mealworms from a shallow bowl. Also, gave them a small dish of calcium power. They bred on their own basically. I would just provide a lay box for the moms and remove and incubate the eggs. All in all they were a bit more responsibility than a snake but not bad. In the past I used glass tanks but after reading up on them (I've been thinking of getting a few again :P), they can be housed in racks cutting down on some work.

I have to admit though it took a while before I was comfortable grabbing live crickets, I was not happy about it but working at a pet store I got over it. And wax worms...:puke:, they remind me of huge maggots. That took years before I would just pick them up out of the container. I was fine with my Rose Haired Tarantula but put a wax worm by me and I'd cringe. :rofl::rofl:

Sad to say but we don't have any lizards now only Balls and two Green Tree Python neonates. We've kept Leopard Geckos, Beardies, a Vield Chameleon, Skunk Geckos, a Frog-eyed Gecko, Crested Geckos, a Savannah Monitor, Green Iguanas, a Rose Haired Tarantula, Berms, Red Tailed Boas, a Jungle Carpet Python, a Blood Python, a few newts and a Whites Tree Frog. I really enjoy all creatures.

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Yea i have a boa as my pet but my hobby is breeding bp so that is what i like doing i want to get a few more boas though because I like how big they get and how absolutely tame they are compared to bps. I mean bps are nice once there older but man the babies are little turds sometimes with there attitudes

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Originally Posted by tsshields

Yea i have a boa as my pet but my hobby is breeding bp so that is what i like doing i want to get a few more boas though because I like how big they get and how absolutely tame they are compared to bps. I mean bps are nice once there older but man the babies are little turds sometimes with there attitudes

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Boas are great too! The worst bite I received was from one of our boas though :(. She wasn't very calm like our first boa who was just awesome. And I know what you mean about the baby BPs, most go through a nippy phase until they realize people won't eat them.

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Boas are great too! The worst bite I received was from one of our boas though :(. She wasn't very calm like our first boa who was just awesome. And I know what you mean about the baby BPs, most go through a nippy phase until they realize people won't eat them.

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hahaha exactly i wish so badly a snake had a dogs attitude lol it would be so easier lol