Most of the weird things I've heard from my Mom, including the bit about slimy-ness and worrying that my bps will eat our (60 and 75 lb.) dogs. Also she had nightmares for the first year that my snakes would break out of their cages and strangle me or my husband in our sleep.

(What actually ended up happening: they broke out of their cages, one of them climbed up to the booze and started knocking wine glasses off the sideboard, one of them climbed the stairs (!), and the other was too lazy to bother leaving her hide. So, so typical.)