I have to deal with that. Never "the devil", but I get "ewws", "grosses" and shocks because I'm a type of girl that "doesn't look like she would have snakes".
I guess I live in a lot more of a Liberal city though, so a lot of the responses I get are also positive. I'd say its about 60% negative, 40% positive.
I don't say anything back. I just shrug it off. It's no big deal what people think, because they aren't living in your life or caring for your animals like you are.