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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
How did you get into snakes? You breed ball pythons? That's pretty cool!
My co-workers are so used to it, it's no big deal. A lot of my PTO (personal time off) is used to attend reptile related functions. I get 26 PTO days a year, so there's a lot to spread around! LOL
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
 Originally Posted by rabernet
How did you get into snakes? You breed ball pythons? That's pretty cool!
My co-workers are so used to it, it's no big deal. A lot of my PTO (personal time off) is used to attend reptile related functions. I get 26 PTO days a year, so there's a lot to spread around! LOL
LOL even though adults hear me talk about my snakes they sometimes don't even take me seriously when I'm trying to explain something to them. And even though adults know me and know I have snakes, they still sometimes don't even take me seriously even if they are used to hearing me talk about my snakes LOL.
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
Ive gotten the venomous question from about half the people that have seen my snakes. Surprisingly none of them have ever asked if they were poisonous. My all time favorite question was "your not afraid it will kill you in your sleep?" I was also told that snakes are sneaky. Then there was the time a few weeks ago when I had to clean my normal girls tub while my friend was over. As soon as I pulled her out all I heard was my friend scream and jump onto the arm of my couch, mind you that there was at least 20 feet between her and the snake. I could go on and on....
Man i need more herp lover friends lol
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
Its kind of unfortunate really, some of the stuff people think*.
From my little brothers friends who are like ages 12-14 when he told them I got a snake they wanted to see it and asked if it was big and stuff. Want to see it kill a mouse... (i feed F/T)
Then my cousin whos 22 now i think? Asked me why I wanted one/got one, like its a bad thing. Then hes like it looks mean. And when I was holding it I would move my arm around so her heads up side down and she can climb around my arm and my cousins like if i was that snake i would bite you. Because he thought i was trying to make it mad or something???
Then my whole other side of the family likes it. My uncle used to own a pet store, and all the other people from my dads side of the family were interested in it and thought it was really cool and were interested in the care, size, husbandry, etc. They took pictures too...
Also I know, Iloveleucie63's mom thinks that a ball python will eat her dogs puppies/ or their pet birds so hes not allowed to get one....
My mom thought they were smelly and all this other garbage that she just made up to try and make me not want one.... (doesnt work)
idk. lists go on.
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
It's always a different response, some love it and want to know more and interract with the snakes, some don't like it, and some just don't understand. My boy friend is one of the those who just doesn't get it, and he's a little fearful of them to. No one else in my life shares my passion for snakes unfortunantly. That's why I have to spend so much time on these crazy snake people forums, lol!
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
most of them usually tell me Im a horrible parent for keeping them around my children and that one day one is going to consume my child.
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
I really don't get much attention from it... I only tell people who I know well, and anyone I know well knows I've always been into snakes. So it was no big surprise when I got him.
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
"Has it ever squeezed you?" is the one I get the most.
My grandma is convinced that my ball pythons are burmese pythons, and that they will kill me in my sleep... *sigh*
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Re: What do people say to you when you tell them or show them your snakes?
Originally Posted by Tek48
"Has it ever squeezed you?" is the one I get the most.
My grandma is convinced that my ball pythons are burmese pythons, and that they will kill me in my sleep... *sigh*
My mom is the same way. She think my ball pythons are going to get huge and eat me and she never comes over to my apartment anymore. I've tried many times to explain how small/harmless balls are but she still fears for my life.
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