Age of owners?

[Crazy4Herps]

Responsibility has little to do with age... I got my first ball python when I was 12. I did all of my research before purchasing her, and she has always been well cared for as long as she's been with me. I have always been and will always be a responsible pet owner, and it has nothing to do with my age.

[jjsnakedude]

I must second this.

I keep snakes and a whole lot of other critters. I have a small herd of cats...two that live with me now (a Persian and a British Shorthair) and one that will be moving in with me once we are settled in the new house next month (a little mixed-breed shorthair) and if my dad insists on it, an ancient Maine Coon might come live with me as well.

I also have a dog, and a betta lives on my desk.

I have plans to set up a live-plant-intensive vivarium after we move, which will house a small colony of D. Leucomelas (bumblebee dart frogs) and I have plans to buy/aquire a LOT more snakes in the next few months.

Someday I plan to have a decent parcel of land (at least ten acres) zoned for livestock so I can have horses again, and I'd like to try my hand with a small group of sheep.

In other words, I'm a snake person for sure, but more than that I'm an ANIMAL person. I like critters more than I like most people. Nothing wrong with that.



And I second this. Though I see a major flaw in their logic...more of us are voters than I think they realize. And oh how we are alienated by their preposterous claims.



Haha, likewise. One day I realized, oh my god I'm an adult, living in my own home, and I can do whatever I bloody well please.

That day, I began shopping for my first BP in years after eating a giant slice of chocolate cake for breakfast. I spent the afternoon after work playing video games.

I am 29, btw. Next May, I turn the big three-oh.



Though the "young" part is debatable, I am all those as well. People still occasionally mistake me for a teenager when they find out I'm gauging up my ears (my goal is to get to 02 gauge in each lobe) and that I have no intentions of changing my hair (I have a pretty high-up undercut. It's all but a limp mohawk at this point! The undercut is shaved right to the skin, and the long stuff is about shoulder length when left down.). I inform them that many things are not limited by age, thus they cannot be "grown out of." If anything, I'm more into and enthusiastic about body modification and piercings than I was as a teenager!



Funny story. I was at my dad's house, and somehow he, his GF and I got on the subject of snakes. I mentioned I know a fellow who might be willing to do a partial trade for some tack I own, and that he has some fabulous super-dwarf Retics I rather fancy. My dad sneered and said "Oh, how many tattoos does he have?" He turned to his GF and said "Most people who keep THOSE kinds of pets have tattoos." At that point I jumped in and said "Yeah, I know I sure do!"

Aparently my dad forgot about my ink. The look on his face was PRICELESS.

It did lead to a discussion that people from ALL walks of life can enjoy snakes, wether or not they are into tattooing or whatever. Contrary to popular belief they ARE mutually exclusive!

Anyways though...I must agree, the person who said to "grow up" needs to be told off.

Oh yea I also have weird animal Interests. When I get out of the house I will own 15+ acres and get a small herd of Blackbuck antelope. They are quite popular here in Texas. With all the exotic ranches that have them there is a larger population here than their native India.

[Kyle@theHeathertoft]

Oh yea I also have weird animal Interests. When I get out of the house I will own 15+ acres and get a small herd of Blackbuck antelope. They are quite popular here in Texas. With all the exotic ranches that have them there is a larger population here than their native India.

I'm a Michigander and must admit I like it here just fine, but my ex was a Texan and I visited her once for a pretty extended stay. It was so weird, driving through hill-country outside of San Antonio, gawking at the non-native Axis deer and Blackbuck! It was like there were more Blackbuck than freaking NATIVE HOOFSTOCK. I never saw a SINGLE Muley or Whitetail while I was there, unless you count a steak dinner one night, LOL!

I sometimes toy with the idea of raising deer, likely Elk or Caribou, but then again...a single fencing failure could be disasterous. I think I'll stick to sheep as far as raising 'em goes and leave the deer in the woods where they belong. Besides, part of why I want my own critters is so that I can stop buying meat. I kindof hate the meat industry and would love to stop supporting it...but I have no problems ethically or morally when it comes to eating meat. I just have issue with the level of care and compassion shown to animals for consumption. Ergo no need to fence in some deer, I hunt Whitetail and plan to apply for an Elk license this fall.

Wow...I got waaaaaaaaay OT there, sorry.

[SpartaDog]

I'll be turning 17 this December and I've had animals of all kinds of animals since I was born. Let's see, in order...

Cat, 3 anoles, tropical fish, hamster, Texas collared lizard, rough green snake, garter snake, more fish, two leopard geckos, a pit mix, a ball python, and a leuci Texas rat.

If I wasn't responsible or "grown-up" enough to take care of them, do you really think my parents would let me keep getting more animals?

People are jerks sometimes. :/

[ScubaDiver007]

I got my first BP at 42 years old. My two boys are now 15 and 17. It gives us something in common and to share ideas and thoughts around.

Our first clutch will be on day 50 tomorrow.

Peter Pan and his Lost Boys say " NEVER GROW UP! "

[Maverick67]

Personally I'm 24 years old. I have a wife and kid. I joined the Marine Corps and I've been to Iraq. (I'm out now) I work a steady full time job, and I have 2 cats and a dog. If someone was to tell me to "grow up" over owning a snake I would have told them .... well I'm going to be mature and not say what i would tell them on this board (there are some younger readers on here but I think you catch my drift)

[malpatches]

I am 29 and just got my first snake as an adult, growing up I had many different types of snakes most that are common in Florida (corn snakes, black racers, king snakes and a fox snake, I also had lizards (iguana, monitor's, water dragon) fish (both fresh and salt), dogs, cat, and birds. With the exception of the snakes the other animals were family owned. When I met my husband he was not an animal person at all so it has taken me almost 9 years to build up to the animals that I have now, 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 bearded dragon, and 1 bp. With that being said I am a lover of all animals, I would take in anything if there was a chance I could save it. If people consider that meaning that I need to "GROW UP" than they are barking up the wrong tree. Keep doing what you love and don't let the negative comments bring you down. BTW Congrats on the new baby!

[noobiepythonowner]

So, I thinking my lack of explination is causing some of you to loose interest, and not vote. Basically, someone told me to "grow up" when they heard that I have snakes. I thought is was a very unfair statement because many people own dogs, cats, fish, etc. Do you all feel that people tend to judge us for our interest?

i agree snakes are just a good of pets as any other animal

[noobiepythonowner]

Personally I'm 24 years old. I have a wife and kid. I joined the Marine Corps and I've been to Iraq. (I'm out now) I work a steady full time job, and I have 2 cats and a dog. If someone was to tell me to "grow up" over owning a snake I would have told them .... well I'm going to be mature and not say what i would tell them on this board (there are some younger readers on here but I think you catch my drift)

if u were in iraq thank you, for fighting for our country

[Maverick67]

yes i was and thank for the support