Not going to vote or answer the poll question. All im going to say is snakes are like fish in the way that they are very relaxing. A snake is one of those pets that can actually calm a person down greatly just by watching it in its cage. Holding it can be even more relaxing.

Those people who own snakes and care about them know this. You can not be angry or stressed with your snakes. Not only because you know it can stress your snake, but also because you know the snake simply has the ability to put you in a completely different state of mind when you get home from a busy or stressfull day.

Snake owners will defend their pets just as strongly as anyone else. Those who really love their animals as pets that is..

Unfortunately there are people who only own a snake for the shock value of it. The "danger" or how cool it seems to their friends. I know someone who only owns a large snake because he thinks its cool & enjoies the thought of having something that everyone else is afraid of. He does not take care of his snake and is actually afraid of it to the point he has someone else feed it!

At a local show yesterday I overheard a young guy say rather loudly, and full of pompous attitude, while walking past a display of BPs.. "these people dont want a snake that gets 10 feet or more like WE do cuz they're afraid. They only want these stupid little ones".

I was fuming when I heard that. Its the people like that who make these bans a reality.

Its a pet. Not a "cool" display trinket for your house. Many of the snake owners probably do not have any idea what they would do if those snakes were banned. How can you ask us what we would do in a hypothetical situation like that? That decision would depend on the stipulations of the new laws. There will alot of fine print to study. This is not a question that can be answered unless it actually happens.