Snake haters drive me crazy!!

[christina_ann0915]

You make a great point blackcrystal22. Once I start building up my collection then maybe people will realize that I know what I am doing and am not going to get killed. I do get the "curious" ones too. And that is by far the best part.

[withonor]

My family and friends think it's weird that I have four and make the comment, "I think you're good with four, you don't need anymore." That statement boggles me because I don't see a difference between one or a hundred. It's not like a herd of cattle or even a hundred cats roaming the house. The live in tubs and are happy, if not happier, if you just check on them once a week to clean up their excrement and feed them.

When I start explaining the genetics and mutations, most people find it a little interesting at least.

[Elise.m]

I don't get many people telling me I'm going to die cuz I keep the fact that I have snakes on the down low. Not because I'm ashamed, only cuz if I get talking about one snake, you can't shut me up for an hour! That, and I don't want to chance getting into the whole 'OMG they're going to EAT you!' "conversation".

The one time I was really hassled about my snakes was at our last Christmas family dinner. My BF's great aunt or something is like 80+ years old. And someone threw out the question "Elise how are your snakes doing?" and she about flipped. Eyes grew big and the questions started coming... Then the "YOU HAVE PYTHONS?!" comment. But, I realize she's old, stuck in her ways and I didn't try to argue with her. I think she's the oldest in the family now so I dare not combat her.

The only other stupid comment that I got that really rubbed me the wrong way came from my BF's mom. I was telling her about how we're keeping the younger guys in tubs and she said "Well you're gonna put them in tanks, right? I mean, who wants to spend their life in a tub?" At that point, with the month I was having, I was livid. It still ticks me off just thinking about it!

Yeah, now I'm ranting too... Gosh, lol. I guess we all need to get it off our chest routinely!

[pavlovk1025]

My mom used to call me up and tell me how Im going to die from my snakes getting loose and strangling me and my family. Then she came for a visit, and left with a picture of her sittin on the bed with 19 BPs crawling all over her, smiling a happy smile. She loves the binos lol.

[BPelizabeth]

My 83 year old mother got me into this as she bought my son our first python for his B-day. With that being said she would not even touch her at first. Now shes "grandma"....lol and they "pop their head out to visit her"...lol. OK..mom! Anyways...I work with kids and 99% of them think it is cool....the other ones are scared and then come around. I have taken one into school before and they are so excited and into it....so are the teachers. Then I have my peers that think I am crazy...lol. Once they meet our BP ambassador Elizabeth...they change their minds. Now I don't think they are going to run out and get a snake...but they aren't scared anymore. One of them thinks that my snakes are "relaxing" and help them calm down...lol. So when she has a really bad day she comes over and asks to hold one....

[Neal]

Anybody that knows me knows I keep my yellow anaconda & my rufous beaked snake. Of course not everybody knows that the rufous is rear fanged, or some people may have issues with it. My neighbors know I keep my anaconda, although I did state it was a king snake for the purposes of creating an issue with anybody. All my friends, family and co-workers know what my snakes really are though. I get lectured a lot, and i'm always hearing about how my snakes going to kill me while i'm sleeping and yadda yadda. I just ignore it and nod my head.

[dsirkle]

The next step after ignorance is often fear.

[Shawn]

The next step after ignorance is often fear.

how true . and if lucky the love for the animal will come soon after. the only reason for the fear is ignorance, and I have seen many fall in love with things they once feared.

[DutchHerp]

Wouldn't it be awesome if we can just carry them around like a person walking a dog? I think it would turn people on to snakes if they can see how harmless our BPs are. Unfortunately with all of the hysteria going on right now, that doesn't seem like a good idea even though it is within our legal rights (depending on local laws).

It would be fantastic to carry them around. LOL I can just see my grandmother's face now. They are harmless in my eyes, wish we could say that for the ones who don't understand snakes.

I would say it's a bad idea, period, to be carrying your snakes around. They may be harmless, but doing this is harmful to them.

Later, Matt

[MarkieJ]

I would say it's a bad idea, period, to be carrying your snakes around. They may be harmless, but doing this is harmful to them.

Later, Matt

In what way?