Ok so my mom loves snakes, not like I do, and she has 2 of her own (king and a corn). Though, she never handles them. Ever. I call them my snakes because she never rarely does anything with them. Now, we have a mean King snake who was a nice little innocent snake, and now we're starting to have a Corn with an attitude. I asked her one time, "Mom, why don't you ever hold the snakes?" She replies, "Because I don't want to get bit.." This is what I was thinking: If you never handle your snakes, only rarely, and one day you want to hold one of your snakes (but your snakes aren't used to human contact). You reach in the enclosure to pick up the snake, and as you get closer and closer, the snake bites you on your hand/finger. That's what I told my mom, and she replies, "That's why I won't handle them." So technically, she wants me to handle HER snakes for her just because I have A LOT of extra time after handling and caring for my other 4 snakes. Every time she gets a snake, I automatically know she's going to leave me with caring for it.

After she gets a snake, she may handle it a few times, maybe even put water in the water dish, but that's it. After a week or two she's had it, she's finished with caring for it. That means I have to spot clean, clean out the enclosure, wash out and scrub the water dish, handle the snake, and maybe even feed the snake (which she sometimes does..). I try telling her it's her snakes and SHE is responsible, but she says she "has no time". If you have no time, then why even get the snake in the first place? Well, she got it because she though it "looks cool", not because she loves snakes. I asked her if we could sell the mean King snake or maybe trade it for a nicer one, and she said, "No." I asked, "Well why not? It's mean, doesn't like people, people hater, and he's not ever going to get nice." She replies, "Because it looks cool and matches my room." I would NEVER buy a snake because it matches with my room or looks cool, I buy it because I would love to care for it and give it a good home.

What should I do? Should I try to talk to her (but SHE NEVER LISTENS!! ALL SHE DOES IS YELL AT ME AFTER HEARING ME TALK FOR 3 SECONDS ) about caring for the snakes? Should I try to get her to sell the snake for something nicer and easier to care for? Please someone help me.. I don't really feel like caring for my mom's snakes that she never pays attention to and dedicates any of her time to...