Silly People

[Jyson]

If I had a quarter for every silly question I got, oh I would be up to my neck in morphs!

The most common questions that people ask(or say to) me when they see my snakes is:
"Whoa, I didn't know snakes drink water!" And, "Oh wait, I just ate, do you think they'll bite me?" Because we all know how much snakes love hot wings.

And I have ran into some people "claiming" they once owned a snake, "Oh yeah, I use to have a bp(and/or Red tail ball python, or Burmese ball python), and it was 8 feet long, I wish I would have taken pics of it, but I had to get rid of it." My response: "Would you like to hold this bp?" Theirs: "Nah.., thats ok... You can put it back now though." (while looking nervous)

Oh and the classics, "Are they poisoness?" and "Can they kill you?"

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

People think your snakes will bite them because the people just ate? WOW lol

[the_Ryno]

My girlfriend is always asking stupid questions and ive had snakes for over a year.
My dad is scared of my 18inch long Cal King. When he would come over to pick up my brother I would take out my BP and he would be out on the driveway in seconds.

What really gets me is when people like the snakes, but once you feed them a mouse or rat they want nothing to do with snakes. What do you think im gonna feed it? salad?

[Jyson]

People think your snakes will bite them because the people just ate? WOW lol

What makes it even funnier (and slightly "scarier") is that about 99.8% of everyone who asks to hold them says that, AND some even continue to ask that.

[Hock3ymonk3y]

I tell people I have snakes only if I know them really well or they will never come to visit ( snakes aren't allowed at my new house but we keep them anyway because there isn't an actual reason of why we can't have them. They don't stain the carpet or create waste everyday or even make the house stink which is why they wont let us have rodents or birds either) But I do go to the mall with them sometimes. They are super stars because I get requests from a mall photo studio for their talents. People glare at me when I let little kids pet them and freak out when the snake flicks its tongue at the child ( they think its a preemptive strike thing... ) Snakes are not evil.. I wish more people would realize that.

They let you bing your snakes to the mall? That is awesome!

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

What makes it even funnier (and slightly "scarier") is that about 99.8% of everyone who asks to hold them says that, AND some even continue to ask that.

Wow..........

[stratus_020202]

Completely agree. The worst statement i get, is how they will eventually break out of their enclosures, and stangle me in my sleep. AND it doesn't matter how much you argue, they are always right.

I posted pictures of my babies on my facebook, and when the second person told me i was crazy, I said, "Look, I'm not asking anyone to like them, but I do. They aren't as dangerous as everyone thinks they are, and as long as I know that, I don't care what everyone else thinks." My little outburst kind of shut some people up, and I even got an ok out of my very, very anti-snake mom.

So, that satisfies me. lol.

[frankykeno]

The one I get quite often and it always cracks me up is...

But....but....but...you look so NORMAL!!!!! (apparently one must be some sort of visual freak to own reptiles )

Yep I look like your typical older mom type, yep I to the horror of my daughters tend to wear high waisted "mom" jeans, yep I've been known to drive a mini-van full of stinky hockey equipment and yep I do spend a lot of my time yelling "if I have to pull this car over.....!" oh and I'm an elementary school library lady.

Guess somehow that just doesn't fit into some people's minds along with "and she loves her 40 snakes, especially the 9 foot one boa" I guess I never liked small minded people that figure we should all fit nicely into the file boxes of their minds.

[guambomb832]

Yea I am called crazy for owning reptiles in general
I think the number one question I get from people when I show them my snakes are

DO THEY BITE?

The truth is...YES They do....but ball pythons are docile so they do not choose to bite, they ball up, hence the name ball python
But I don't tell them that. I just tell them "No, they are called ball pythons because when threatened they ball up into a ball."

[Vypyrz]

the adorable lil girl my girlfriend watches on occasion asked if they do any tricks but you cant blame her

I saw a CL ad a while back, and the seller claimed they had taught their BP tricks. In the photo of the snake "begging", someone was holding a mouse over the snake and it was raised up in the "Cobra"position to investigate... I do want to say that my adult does a pretty good impersonation of a pro wrestler when he bodyslams his F/T all over the tank....



Rob