my parents have always objected to my owning reptiles. When I was in my 20s and had my first ball python (granted, she was a 6 footer) my mom "ORDERED" me to get rid of her before I had kids, because she felt the snake would be a danger to my children. FFS, the snake was in a 30 gallon aquarium with a velcro reinforced top... she was no threat... I finally sold that snake not because of mom, but because of lack of wherewithal to provide food for her
20 years later, I have a yearling ball python that I really enjoy. I have a son in a unique situation where he will be providing me with several wild caught western hognose snakes within the next week. If he is not able to transport them from the area, they will be killed. I live in a similar enough area geographically that if I decide my desire to keep hognoses is a 'bad idea', I can go out back and turn them loose and they'll be ok
at 46+ years old, I really don't care about my parents warnings that are because of their misinformed terror of snakes. However, my hubby (48 years old) isn't going to be happy with me when the hognoses show up... I haven't gathered the cohonas to tell him about that yet LOL
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