A question for the Married or living together couples

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I am married to someone who is not into animals period, snakes and rodents even less, he has come a long way and now handles snakes (2 of them are "his") and he even has "his" Cresties, when it comes to care though it is on me, I do it all this is MY hobby and I consider this MY responsability.

My husband has been very supportive, even let me take over the room that was supposed to be his so I could have a large reptile room so I really cannot complain quite the contrary, he wants me do to what makes me happy however that is where the support ends (which is already great), he works long hours so I would not expect him to help me either but I know that if I needed help he would try is best.

Anyway this is my thing and I am not expecting or wanting him to help me just like if he goes fishing (that is his hobby) he does not expect me to help (cleaning the boat, preparing the tackle box, cleaning the fish etc), I could but I am not into that at all.

We each do our own thing, respect and understand each other interest and the time we dedicate to our passion.

[Denial]

Me and sarah have been together for 7 years now and we are not married yet but we moved out together when we were 16 and she actually bought me a ball python for a fathers day present and she didnt know it was going to turn into an obsession. But she is very supportive of every reptile I want except the venomous snakes. Most of the time I clean cages by myself but she asks everyday if I need help cleaning and sometimes if I dont feel good or something and want to get done faster we will clean together

[Patrick Long]

We split the room.

She does babies and geckos

I do all the big stuff, plus a few babies here and there.

[thatkindofgirl]

We split the room.

She does babies and geckos

I do all the big stuff, plus a few babies here and there.

I was gonna see if you responded to this one... Good answer... Tee hee...... It's pretty 50/50 when it's all said and done.

[mainbutter]

I've been with my gf for nearly 4 years. We don't live together but spend just about every moment outside of work at each others' apartments.

My reptiles are 100% my pets and my responsibility but she has cared for them when I've gone on vacation visiting family. She has never fed snakes because she feels bad for the rodents (though is quite understanding about their diet despite loving cute fuzzy animals), but she would if I was unable to feed them myself. She is also quite scared of "big snakes", which is anything adult ball python sized and bigger, but I'm working with her on that as my carpet python grows

[SquamishSerpents]

my boyfriend and i have been together almost a year, and we both had snakes before we got together. we each had 2. now, we have 12 snakes! so needless to say, we both wouldn't be AS into snakes without each other. we both do the snake chores, if i notice someones water is soiled, i'll change it. if i see/smell a big poopie, i'll grab it and dispose of it, and vice versa.

[Jerhart]

My wife has nothing to do with the animals. "That is YOUR hobby" she reminds me everytime I try to get her to help.

BUT...

Because of her lack of evolvement, she doesn't keep track of how many snakes I have. I have never had a problem sneaking a few snakes in here or there.

[Royal Morphz]

My wife has nothing to do with the animals. "That is YOUR hobby" she reminds me everytime I try to get her to help.

BUT...

Because of her lack of evolvement, she doesn't keep track of how many snakes I have. I have never had a problem sneaking a few snakes in here or there.

Josh this was kinda what I was wanting to know. See Liza DOES know what we have and DOES know if I bring in another animal lol. She has her favorites and well she gets made at me if I decide to sell one without talking to her first. Also just to get it out there we are both owners of Royal Morphz as a business. She does help so much though especially when there is a project I want to be apart of she is there to talk the pros and cons of said project so I want all to know that she does help so much just not in the areas I feel I need help in lol.

[Jerhart]

Josh this was kinda what I was wanting to know. See Liza DOES know what we have and DOES know if I bring in another animal lol. She has her favorites and well she gets made at me if I decide to sell one without talking to her first. Also just to get it out there we are both owners of Royal Morphz as a business. She does help so much though especially when there is a project I want to be apart of she is there to talk the pros and cons of said project so I want all to know that she does help so much just not in the areas I feel I need help in lol.

Sounds like a good deal to me. Although she may not get her hands dirty, at least you have someone there to bounce ideas off of. Yes, we have wonderful bp.net to bounce ideas off of. But it does not compare to having someone there in the flesh working with you.

I may have missed this in an earlier post, but if she isn't helping with water or cleaning, I could spin this into being a good thing. With one person doing it, you have no one else to blame (your wife) other than yourself, if a tub did not get cleaned well enough or the water was filled too full. You know everything is getting done to your specifications.

I would be thrilled if my wife would talk projects with me. It would be nice to bounce ideas off of someone. Often times I do this, but it is more of me thinking out loud around her as she is doing something else.

[monk90222]

My wife is deathly afraid of snakes. She doesn't help one bit. Actually she hasn't been in the snake room in like 3 years.

Also just to get it out there we are both owners of Royal Morphz as a business.

That is funny, like I said before, my wife wants nothing to do with my animals, but she made sure she is a legally documented partial owner of RoyaQPythons, LLC..(49% is hers....)