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[Neal]

Hey, Neal- it HAS been AGES! You still keeping snakes? or just birds now?

Not sure why my email didn't give me a reply. I don't keep any snakes, my last 3 were my cobras and I no longer have them. Just decided I didn't want to keep venomous anymore and then not being able to interact with them without putting myself at risk just made me rethink life decisions. That's how I ended up with my two birds.

[Neal]

Hey !!!


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Oh man, nice to see one of the people from when I was still relatively new too. lol

[Bogertophis]

Not sure why my email didn't give me a reply. I don't keep any snakes, my last 3 were my cobras and I no longer have them. Just decided I didn't want to keep venomous anymore and then not being able to interact with them without putting myself at risk just made me rethink life decisions. That's how I ended up with my two birds.

Wow, that's a big change, but birds are fascinating too. I spent 20 years safely keeping hots (in addition to many harmless snakes before & after) & I was always trying to get that across to people who thought they wanted to keep hots- that it's more interesting (not to mention a lot less stressful) to have pets you can handle safely. Not just for routine things but it's even worse if they need medical attention. I'm down to just a few snakes now (harmless & all up in years), after keeping so many for decades. I finally quit breeding my own rodents too, & I sure don't miss that!

Life situations & interests evolve, eh? As a young adult, I always wanted a horse, until I took serious lessons for a while & realized how big of a commitment they are. I'm a dog lover too- I'm on my 10th dog now, & while they've always been rescues (adult dogs from shelters), over the years they've also been gradually downsized for practicality from large ones (Dobermans+) to the smallest one yet: I'm currently owned by a Chihuahua. She's a fantastic & funny companion- who knew? Animals are great fun, whichever ones we can best relate to & provide for.