Supportive better half? Who has it and who doesn't?

I figured we could discuss this topic :)

I feel like I am one of the luckiest men around. My girlfriend is as supportive as possible with my passion. She helps with all my various reptile and rodent related chores. She's even invested in some Albino projects with me! We both own the Black Pastel het Albino male and Pastel het Albino female that we're hopefully going to make Black Pewter Albino with next season. I also own two smoking Albino girls that we were going to breed the the Black Pastel het Albino. We just had a slight change of plans. Yesterday my girlfriend decided she wanted to buy a Spider het Albino male! So now on top of the projects we were planning we can shoot for Spider Albinos next season! I literally feel like I'm the luckiest man alive. I have a better half that supports my passion and helps me with it. I couldn't ask for anything more.

So who has something like this? And who has the opposite?

Looking foward to reading everyone's thoughts and posts.

Regards,

B

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Originally Posted by Simple Man

I figured we could discuss this topic :)

I feel like I am one of the luckiest men around. My girlfriend is as supportive as possible with my passion. She helps with all my various reptile and rodent related chores. She's even invested in some Albino projects with me! We both own the Black Pastel het Albino male and Pastel het Albino female that we're hopefully going to make Black Pewter Albino with next season. I also own two smoking Albino girls that we were going to breed the the Black Pastel het Albino. We just had a slight change of plans. Yesterday my girlfriend decided she wanted to buy a Spider het Albino male! So now on top of the projects we were planning we can shoot for Spider Albinos next season! I literally feel like I'm the luckiest man alive. I have a better half that supports my passion and helps me with it. I couldn't ask for anything more.

So who has something like this? And who has the opposite?

Looking foward to reading everyone's thoughts and posts.

Regards,

B

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My wife never had a reptile before meeting me. Now she cleans snake tubs and takes care of the rats! Says she likes doing it because it gives her time with each snake :) her favorite is one of our Asian water monitors, treats him like one of our children. We are to the point now where she is asking to go to NERD for her birthday, haha.

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Originally Posted by Zombie

My wife never had a reptile before meeting me. Now she cleans snake tubs and takes care of the rats! Says she likes doing it because it gives her time with each snake :) her favorite is one of our Asian water monitors, treats him like one of our children. We are to the point now where she is asking to go to NERD for her birthday, haha.

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It's a beautiful thing isn't it? My girlfriend was actually deathly afraid of snakes before she met me. She found it interesting that I was into them. It's one of the reasons we first started talking.

Regards,

B

My wife got me my first snake, but I took it to the next level with LOTS of them. Now, she does not help with the snakes, but does all my rat and mice feeder breeding....I do not clean/water/feed the rats or mice.....she does it all.

Could not ask for a better wife.....

Jason

My wife actually talked me into my first pair of morph BP's. She is 100% supportive and even has a few of her own BP projects in the works. I think I have taken it further than she expected it to go, but she is still totally supportive. It certainly is a great feeling to have their support!

My hubby brought home our first snake. Why he did was a mystery to me, since he knows absolutely nothing about snakes. When I asked him what he was doing and what he knew about snakes his reply was " That's what I have you for honey." Gee thanks.

Since I knew very little myself, we eventually had to admit we were in over our heads, and rehomed both of our rescues.

Then a few years later, he decided that the ideal gift to me would be the Pied ball I'd always wanted. Of course, they were waaaayy out of our price range, but he was thoughtful enough to contact a breeder on his own from his work, find out some much needed information, and purchase me a pair of 100% het pieds.

So, I jumped online to find out everything I could about how to care for them. It didn't take me long to find this place, and there was no going back. I went from my original pair to 18 snakes in less than 2 years. Hubby has been nothing but supportive of my addiction, and eventually got interested enough to get one of his own. Which rapidly turned in to two, then three and now four. He has his own breeding projects now, and we both enjoy the time we spend at reptile shows and on morph websites.

He has also been very supportive and tolerant of my mouse breeding colonies, and took the bull by the horns and started his own ASF colony. So, even though my support is from the other side of the coin, it still makes me happy to know how much he loves me and cares about what makes me happy.
Gale

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Originally Posted by JTrott

My wife got me my first snake, but I took it to the next level with LOTS of them. Now, she does not help with the snakes, but does all my rat and mice feeder breeding....I do not clean/water/feed the rats or mice.....she does it all.

Could not ask for a better wife.....

Jason

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That's amazing Jason. I'm really allergic to my rodents. It sucks because I enjoy rat keeping quite a bit. I could probably survive a few rats but when you're breeding for a decent sized collection it is hard on my lungs. Without my girlfriends help I'd be out there at least twice as long. Very cool.

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Originally Posted by DemmBalls

My wife actually talked me into my first pair of morph BP's. She is 100% supportive and even has a few of her own BP projects in the works. I think I have taken it further than she expected it to go, but she is still totally supportive. It certainly is a great feeling to have their support!

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Haha, look what she started! That's awesome Jordan. It really is amazing to have that kind of support. I'm sure I could manage without it but it sure makes the tough days a lot easier.

Regards,

B

My Wife is great about my reptile habbit with the exception she says no more snakes (yet) but she lives Black Pewters so ther is hopw. The only issue we have with my snakes is the feeders I bring home which become pets:P . So I just ensure she doesnt see them before the snakes eat them and well I am only keeping 2 rats as pets right now :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by angllady2

My hubby brought home our first snake. Why he did was a mystery to me, since he knows absolutely nothing about snakes. When I asked him what he was doing and what he knew about snakes his reply was " That's what I have you for honey." Gee thanks.

Since I knew very little myself, we eventually had to admit we were in over our heads, and rehomed both of our rescues.

Then a few years later, he decided that the ideal gift to me would be the Pied ball I'd always wanted. Of course, they were waaaayy out of our price range, but he was thoughtful enough to contact a breeder on his own from his work, find out some much needed information, and purchase me a pair of 100% het pieds.

So, I jumped online to find out everything I could about how to care for them. It didn't take me long to find this place, and there was no going back. I went from my original pair to 18 snakes in less than 2 years. Hubby has been nothing but supportive of my addiction, and eventually got interested enough to get one of his own. Which rapidly turned in to two, then three and now four. He has his own breeding projects now, and we both enjoy the time we spend at reptile shows and on morph websites.

He has also been very supportive and tolerant of my mouse breeding colonies, and took the bull by the horns and started his own ASF colony. So, even though my support is from the other side of the coin, it still makes me happy to know how much he loves me and cares about what makes me happy.
Gale

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Wow. What an awesome story Gale. Sounds like you two have quite a thing going. I might be on your heels. My girlfriend went from scared, to helping, to part owner, to OWNER in about a year. We just celebrated our first year dating anniversary yesterday :) Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

B

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Originally Posted by RestlessRobie

My Wife is great about my reptile habbit with the exception she says no more snakes (yet) but she lives Black Pewters so ther is hopw. The only issue we have with my snakes is the feeders I bring home which become pets:P . So I just ensure she doesnt see them before the snakes eat them and well I am only keeping 2 rats as pets right now :rolleyes:

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Haha! 2 rats turns into more easily :D Black Pewters are awesome. Maybe you can get her more interested by grabbing one for her.

Regards,

B

Girlfriend is deathly afraid of snakes... I have always wanted a BP since I was a kid and considering we just bought a house it looks like it will be a lot longer till I get one!!! :(

My boyfriend is very supportive and takes interest in my snakes. He helps me take care of them all of the time. I also try to take an interest in his hobbies which would be mountain biking, boating, and making home brewed hard apple cider. We both take a genuine interest in eachother's hobbies. My boyfriend would not even look at a snake before he met me, lol.

My wife's father had a boa and burm when she was little. She actually sparked my interest and we purchased a normal bp from PetSmart. Well, just like many other stories, I got bit by the bug. I then proceeded to build a rack and start filling it, lol. My wife is very supportive, I do all the cleaning, she likes to help with feedings and she helps with the rats.
I am definitely one of the lucky ones.:gj:

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Originally Posted by gopherhockey03

Girlfriend is deathly afraid of snakes... I have always wanted a BP since I was a kid and considering we just bought a house it looks like it will be a lot longer till I get one!!! :(

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I'm really sorry to hear that. Hope you can continue to educate her and maybe make a breakthrough. It has happened before :)

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Originally Posted by ballpythonluvr

My boyfriend is very supportive and takes interest in my snakes. He helps me take care of them all of the time. I also try to take an interest in his hobbies which would be mountain biking, boating, and making home brewed hard apple cider. We both take a genuine interest in eachother's hobbies. My boyfriend would not even look at a snake before he met me, lol.

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That's pretty important. Giving and receiving the support. Sounds like a receipe for success :)

Regards,

B

I dont have better half.. and sometimes (ok most of the time) i think my passion make find one more difficult :(:(:(...

Just in case Ladies I'll be on White plains Show April 22 ;)

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I am/was the supportive better half. My husband and I agreed on the snake (I'd never held a snake before in my life) with the agreement that he'd do all the work.

Well...25+ snakes later I'm the one doing 99% of the feeding, cleaning, etc. The collection is "ours" but we do have "his" snakes and "mine." The boas are his, the blood is his, the Hondurans are his and the brooks kingsnake is his. The rest are my babies. :D

We discuss and plan breeding projects together, but its me who does the tub-hopping and keeping track of stuff. We attend shows together, but its me fawning over the balls and trying to justify a purchase by fitting it into an already-existing breeding project. (Ok Ok...starting a whole new breeding project as justification of the purchase...:D )

I'm by no part demeaning his participation...its really developed into a hobby for both of us rather than just "his" snake.

If it weren't for my wife, I would never have gotten my first snake. So mine is very supportive. They are "her babies" as much as they are mine.

I definitely have this :P

My other half, when I met him, was only supportive. He was scared of snakes but he didn't mind Pretzel behind her glass...
Then he started watching her, and asking questions. Then one day he stroked her, and then held her. Then let her inside his hoody...
THEN we went to our friends house... He dumped a fully grown male BP on Grant and he was like :O
Then our friend said "Give Ducky to Aimee..." so he did, turned round and then got landed with a near enough 10ft Carpet Python....Cupcake.

Now he has our male living in his bedroom, feeds him, handles him, loves him....and is currently on about getting a boa of some sort and plenty more BPs :yes:

:wuv:

At first my Girlfriend wasnt to into it and was kind of hesitant to even hold a snake. She eventually got to a point where she was fine then I bought her one and she fell in love. Now she is very supportive of it and even comes up with new ideas and helps clean cages and what not.

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Originally Posted by CCfive

My wife's father had a boa and burm when she was little. She actually sparked my interest and we purchased a normal bp from PetSmart. Well, just like many other stories, I got bit by the bug. I then proceeded to build a rack and start filling it, lol. My wife is very supportive, I do all the cleaning, she likes to help with feedings and she helps with the rats.
I am definitely one of the lucky ones.:gj:

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That's awesome Cory. My girlfriend wants nothing to do with the feedings but I'll take it :)

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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

I dont have better half.. and sometimes (ok most of the time) i think my passion make find one more difficult :(:(:(...

Just in case Ladies I'll be on White plains Show April 22 ;)

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You're funny Rafel. It can be an obstacle but a better half worth finding won't see it that way.

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Originally Posted by KatStoverReptiles

I am/was the supportive better half. My husband and I agreed on the snake (I'd never held a snake before in my life) with the agreement that he'd do all the work.

Well...25+ snakes later I'm the one doing 99% of the feeding, cleaning, etc. The collection is "ours" but we do have "his" snakes and "mine." The boas are his, the blood is his, the Hondurans are his and the brooks kingsnake is his. The rest are my babies. :D

We discuss and plan breeding projects together, but its me who does the tub-hopping and keeping track of stuff. We attend shows together, but its me fawning over the balls and trying to justify a purchase by fitting it into an already-existing breeding project. (Ok Ok...starting a whole new breeding project as justification of the purchase...:D )

I'm by no part demeaning his participation...its really developed into a hobby for both of us rather than just "his" snake.

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That's really neat. My girlfriend is not on that level yet but who knows, if she keeps up like this she might find her way there :) You got a good thing going.

Regards,

B

My wife started all of this with our cali king, Nibbles.
She is not supportive or against it:confused:
She just says I ruined snakes for her after I decided I wanted to breed. I saw all of the paiint jobs that I couldnt afford so I started studying and buying.
She has a couple she likes but I tend to go overboard when its something I really want:oops:
She may come back around when the eggs start hatching.:please:

My husband doesn't like the snakes or the rats. Once in a while he likes to be able to show the snakes to his friends, but otherwise he doesn't like being near them.

My girlfriend was breeding bearded dragons before I met her. Wasn't hard for us to get along. Now I got a whole bedroom that is the reptile room of our animals. Then her BRB are in our bedroom because they need a lower temp. So yea id say shes pretty supportive.

I had a friend when I was a kid that her mom had a couple ball pythons and a burm or two. I would always carry the bps around the neighborhood while I was out playing. My mother wouldn't even let me on the driveway with one.
When I met Chad, he had a redtail boa, Big Daddy. Now, 6 years later, I have over 50 ball pythons and he has I don't even know how many burms, retics, boas and hots. Plus I got my gtp and my leos. This was a thing we wanted together, so I have mine I take care of and he has his. :)

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That's amazing Jason. I'm really allergic to my rodents. It sucks because I enjoy rat keeping quite a bit. I could probably survive a few rats but when you're breeding for a decent sized collection it is hard on my lungs. Without my girlfriends help I'd be out there at least twice as long. Very cool.

B

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I am the same way....I am allergic to pine, so the bedding drives my sinuses and skin CRAZY......after I feed, which, I feed prekilled to some stuff, I have to take a shower, becuase if I don't, I itch for about 3 days. I am VERY lucky that my wife likes breeding the rats/mice.

All of my local snake buddies wanna trade wives.....lol.....

Jason

Funny, Hubby and daughter always wanted a snake. Finally talked me into one, now I am addicted, and we have 7. I love them. Most recent addition is a baby boa who I just adore. I do all the snake care, cleaning/ feeding. Hubby does all the rodent care, cleaning and feeding. So we are very much in this together. :rolleyes:

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My girlfriend/future wife is the best she is right there with me with the passion for reptiles and helps do everything from cleaning the rats to the snakes I couldn't ask for anything more.

Support come in all shape and form, my husband does not like snakes however he supports whatever I get into, I am not expecting him to participate or help in anyway as it is MY hobby and he does not, however years back in our old house he gave up the room that was supposed to become his man cave so I could expand my collection (Not many would do that)

In the new house we now have both the man cave and my snake room so everyone is happy ;)

My wife isn't a huge fan of the snakes........good thing my son is on my side.

My hubby is an awesomely wonderful supportive better half...And as of this mrning during our "what to breed next year" discussion, we are fighting over females!!! Heeheee.....he got "lost" during a snake show a couple of years ago and was "found" buying a recessive pair!! So half of our snakes are for his projects and half are for mine. On the bad side he doesn't really do any of the cleaning involved but he does work and I don't so......no serious complaints!!

Love you Honey!!!

My wife is very supportive, she didn't liked breeding them at first until she saw the money that I made selling the hatchlings in the first year :rofl:. Now she really like breeding them, not only for the money of course. Last year for our anniversary she bought me a Killerbee, I was so impressed that I had to bought her a lucy female that she wanted so bad and a Supercinnie male that we produced last year, she liked it so much when she saw it crawling out of the egg :O that she decided to keep him, those two are her babies. She also help with the cleaning of the rodents and snakes so I really can't complain, I have one of the best wives in the world.

My fiance wasn't really interested in them for at least a couple years. Once I took him to the Tinley show he got a lot more interested! He still really doesn't do much with the snakes, but he'll help if he has too, lol.

I would imagine that everyones better half on here at least has to be supportive. I mean they dont have to love the snakes but at least be able to pretend theyre listening to us babble on about morphs would be a must lol. Hopefully someday ill find a 0.1 who loves snakes as much as me :D

Great posts from everyone! I'm amazed and happy with how much support there is in this thread. I expected a few more headstrong other halves :) Thanks for sharing everyone.

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I am the same way....I am allergic to pine, so the bedding drives my sinuses and skin CRAZY......after I feed, which, I feed prekilled to some stuff, I have to take a shower, becuase if I don't, I itch for about 3 days. I am VERY lucky that my wife likes breeding the rats/mice.

All of my local snake buddies wanna trade wives.....lol.....

Jason

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I'm exactly the same way. I drop my clothes in the garage hamper and run for the shower. As it is I still usually have itching issues on my hands and arms.

Regards,

B

My wife puts up with all my wims , my need to buy new ball pythons my endless reading of forums ! My spending every last penny on them lol .
I am very lucky :banana:

My husband isn't impressed by the snakes at all, but realizes my love for them. I get no help with their care (and don't expect it), but he's incredibly supportive about trips for bedding, rats stored in the freezer, snake paraphernalia everywhere, and all of that good stuff. Never says a negative word. I actually wanted to sell off all my animals before our move, but he convinced me to hang onto at least a few, and I've been grateful he suggested it. I'd be going nuts with no snakes.

Best part - I'm not a typical clothes and jewelry kinda girl. For special occasions, I get to pick out snakes.

I love my guy. :D

Sometimes I wonder if I hit the lottery with my man. He was into reptiles before we got together and owned an iguana and several BPs before we met, but he'd never been part of the reptile scene. He'd just gotten them from petstores and taken care of them at home reading books and such. Now he's got a BP of his own since we've been together, and he's just as excited as I am about the collection and taking care of our animals. He's also very very handy, and is capable of getting the DIY stuff done without me breaking something or doing a bad job :D On top of everything else, he's the most patient, understanding, and funny person I know with a habit of bad time tracking, but it's hardly a deal breaker. Our breeding focus is more of a selective breeding project than it is a business, and we both like the idea of taking things slow, though it's so hard. Going to the reptile shop or any of the shows means we only take enough to get what we need and leave the rest at home in cash. He's also more of a lizard guy (BIG lizards) but loves the snakes, and I'm the crazy snake lady who still loves lizards. I think it strikes a good balance with our combined efforts.

Very cool thread Brian! Love reading all these posts

When I got married, my husband knew I owned snakes but they were 'on loan' to a friend of mine at the time. 2 years later when I finally convinced her to give me my snakes back, the conversation went something like this:

Me: I'm picking up my snakes when we go down for my sister's wedding by the way.
Him: What?! I thought they were staying down there... Forever.
Me: No. I had them before I had you so we're picking them up.
Him: (Not very thrilled) Alright but they are riding in the very back.

To this day he still hasn't touched a snake and doesn't participate in their care in any way, but he did help me lug tanks, shelving, and other supplies upstairs so that the extra bedroom could be my snake room. He allowed me to move the feeders into our main freezer and has stopped jumping when he sees mice thawing in bowls on the counter. While he doesn't like them, he is supportive even if he asks "What did you get this time?" every time I get home from a reptile show. On the flip side, he's big into cards (everything from World of Warcraft to poker) and we agreed that we have room for both our hobbies. Though when he found out I was going to start breeding balls, I had to remind him his cards still take up more space in our house than the snakes, racks, and feeders. He gave in with a chuckle and then asked if he could keep cards in the snake room and use the table to sort stuff for eBay. Of course I said sure. ;)

My wife tolerates my Snakes LOL.. She loves my Normal sort of yet is afraid of my Lesser :D I think that is due to his sisters Hissing at her 2 months ago LMAO

She held my normal this afternoon actually begged me to take him back out just for her !!

I am not allowed to have RATS yet, but ATM I only have 2 snakes hehe wait till I have 15, she doesn't know about that either :O

When I first asked my hubby if I could bring a snake home, his reaction was "Why on earth would you want a snake?? They just lay there." :rofl:

But being the understanding sort of man he is, he figured he'd better say yes so I'd shut up about it. So Ella followed me home from a local rescue group. Once he saw how interactive she could be, how she'd actually come over to the glass to say hi, he changed his mind.

Now he loves the snakes!! He'll feed them and get someone out and he's always asking questions about them. Neither of us are particularly handy so DIY stuff is iffy sometimes, but he'll always help me problem-solve no matter what the issue is. My Christmas present was a boa and I got another boa for my b'day only 3 months later! I am pretty darn lucky with my man..... ;)

My wife loves my snakes:
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haha! I take care of them all, but she sure likes them, too. She wasn't that excited at first when I wanted to bring one home. We're not pet people. But BPs are AWESOME! I love that they're quiet and mellow. I LOVE my wife, too! So glad she's not terrified of them.

My wife is the best! At first,when I wanted to get back into snakes she was a little nervous, but she slowly started to like the bps and now we actually discuss the "next" purchase. She has her Leo collection and loves the hypo and albino bps. She has also cleaned the snakes for me while on business trips but she will not feed the snakes and I don't expect her to. She will not mess with the rats except to water or feed. Overall she supports my hobby 100% and i really appreciate it.

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Awesome too see all the great stories on here!

I just got my first BP (first snake for me). My wife was cool with me getting one and so that was my Bday present this year.

My wife hates rodents but already has grown to tolerate having a live one in the house and watches the feeding. She didn't want me to feed live and I didn't want to unless we had to and we will have to for a little while until she is eating consistently then the F/T switch will happen. She is very patient and doing better than I thought with the Rat thing. She loves our BP and is totally supportive. I am not sure if we will just have one, or if more are in our future.

She is awesome in every aspect of life and though she is not a pet person she suggested reptiles as something of a good fit. We got a Beardie (RIP, cause = tumor), likes our leo but loves our BP! She has held our BP more than any other pet. We have only had the BP for a little over a month.

This thread took off! I had my girlfriend read my post and she got really smiley :) She read a lot of the posts on here. Thanks for sharing everyone.

Regards,

B

I do!!! :)

Brandan, my boyfriend, was scared of snakes, spiders, etc when we first got together. He had never really had any animals besides a couple cats and a dog his whole life and he was a bit of a wussy-face, very scared of "bugs."

I have had lots of reptiles in the past but never had a snake. In part due to my mom being a bit freaked out by them when I was younger, and partly I had always thought all snakes needed to continually be moved to bigger and bigger enclosures and it seemed like too much hassle. I've never been at all scared of any of them, just wasn't interested.

At some point in 2010 I was idly looking on Craigslist and looking at the corn snake ads. I started researching them and decided I really, really wanted one. Bdan was a bit iffy but agreed. We went to the Phoenix Reptile Expo a week later and brought home Cthulhu, an anery-motley who's our pride and joy.:snake::) I also got a tiny rose hair 'sling. Bdan was very timid with them at first but he's gotten a lot better and almost doesn't flinch if they jerk now lol. He even really likes and will hold our T's and recently got his own chaco 'sling.

After having such a good experience with the corn and seeing and holding balls and seeing all the morphs we both decided we wanted to breed. So we really got into it together. Now he's just as obsessed as I am, if still a touch nervous.:gj: He's gotten over his trepidation very nicely.

Oh and he's obsessed with the rats. He says it's because of their "little hands." I barely have to do any the rat-care, he takes care of them and I mostly tend to the snakes. I'm very lucky to have him, couldn't ask for a better mate :)

I wish my husband would be more supportive of my snake hobby. He's not scared of them or anything like that, but he doesn't understand why I want to breed them and have a snake business when we both do well with our regular jobs and don't need need to make money from snakes. He really doesn't appreciate the different morphs either and refers to my snakes as "inanimate objects." How he sees it is that my snakes take up a lot of time that could otherwise be spent with him. While that's kind of sweet, it really annoys me, too. I feel like I am constantly trying to reduce my collection to please him, and I have to try to do most of the feeding and cares while he is not home, so it won't seem like I am spending time on snakes that I could otherwise be spending with him. In all fairness, I do have a lot of snakes, but I really don't it's the "problem" he seems to think it is.....

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Originally Posted by wendhend

I wish my husband would be more supportive of my snake hobby. He's not scared of them or anything like that, but he doesn't understand why I want to breed them and have a snake business when we both do well with our regular jobs and don't need need to make money from snakes. He really doesn't appreciate the different morphs either and refers to my snakes as "inanimate objects." How he sees it is that my snakes take up a lot of time that could otherwise be spent with him. While that's kind of sweet, it really annoys me, too. I feel like I am constantly trying to reduce my collection to please him, and I have to try to do most of the feeding and cares while he is not home, so it won't seem like I am spending time on snakes that I could otherwise be spending with him. In all fairness, I do have a lot of snakes, but I really don't it's the "problem" he seems to think it is.....

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Aw...that's sad. I'm sorry

My husband tolerates my snakes. He doesn't help me with them other than buy their food(I don't expect more than that). I'm hoping to breed eventually, so I've been looking for a possible pair. He doesn't get the difference in morphs and what that difference means in prices. Its almost impossible to get the okay on anything. Every time I show him what I'm thinking of getting his first response is either "how much is it?" or "that's nice". I'm hoping we can make it to the show around here in 3 weeks and get him more interested if not more involved.

I lucked out because my girlfriend is a genetics major so she was super into it. Haha before that I would have to ease them into the conversation and see what their reaction was. It was interesting usually to say the least.

My partner just left me yesterday after 4 years, and the fact that I have 3 snakes was a part of it. Maybe I'll have better luck next time. At least the stories here mean there is hope!