male and female snake keepers, now how about younger keepers (12-18 in age)

[therunaway]

so there are tons of us keepers, how about the young ones? im 13, ill post pics laterr.

[VEXER19]

Your a cool kid jason but most kids your age are not responsible enough in my opinion to care for these animals + have parents that except them. I feel you will more likely find 12 and under keepers who were raised with herps and maybe a few in your age range. Most kids your age and older are too busy being teens which is good to find time to care for herps. But it would be nice to see your generation become more invloved and passionate in herps but that usually comes from exposure which most o us know that locally herp owners are few and far between. Most peopl are raised with the wrong idea of herps and think of them as gross or the whole they don't love you back thing people always say. But jason you are our ray of hope for the you and sharing your love of snakeds and other herps. Hope I'm wrong, I really do. You can be young and have a teenage life and care for animals but again at that age parents play a big role in owning anything bsides a cat or dog. That's why I got my first at 25. But your awesome so share your love with your generation and show them how wonderful these animals are!

Edit: sorry for all the typos. Bad part abot phone blogging!

[ReptilesK2]

^ I'm 17 lol. It's not that hard to take care of herps. I have 15 snakes and several turtles that I take care of.

[Dirtyb762]

^ I'm 17 lol. It's not that hard to take care of herps. I have 15 snakes and several turtles that I take care of.

Yea right now it's not. Wait until you have kids, a wife, a girlfriend, a pending divorce and a full time job babysitting those who refuse to obey the law!

[Kittycatpenut]

I'm 14 and take care of 3 leopard geckos, 2 mice and a ball python completely. I also do most of the pet related chores for the furry ones. They (herps) are much easier to care for than cats or dogs: no peeing or pooping on the floor, you don't have to feed them as often, less bites or scratches.
I wasn't raised with herps, but I've always liked animals. I started liking reptiles when I went on a field trip to a camp which had a snake guy in 5th grade and got to hold a burmese python. Anyway, It's nice seeing others around my age on here.

[therunaway]

as of now i dont plan on having kids, im mainly asexual, so no problems, my snakes are my babies, getting a breeder pair soon, anyway, heres a pic of me now,


and one of me a few weeks ago with my corn snake

excuse my man boob.

i was astonished by how quick he was being, usually he is slow, and lazy, not tht day xD, im completely in charge of the snakes tht i have, i feed them, i water them, i do about everything with them, so i know tht u arent saying im irresponsible vexer, but i do take great care of my animals, my cat is mainly my moms now anyway, the dogs just walk around the yard and what not, still get food and water everyday!

[VEXER19]

Ok kids I said most kids are not responsible enough not all. Just to verify.

[Kittycatpenut]

Agreed Vexer, most of the kids I know couldn't care for a pet rock.

[python_addict]

I had my first snake to myself that I bought myself at 13 I admit I realize I could have done better lol only after years and years do I realize that but I started doing my research when I got my first ball and my dad at the time even tried butting in and helping me take care of it but we got into huge fights about how to care for them he always thought he was right.....guess who didnt butt in after being shown ball-pythons.net lmao anyways through my teen years I had so many different reptiles ummm estimated around 60? with only 2 deaths which were my fault........as long as the kid does research, supervision and the funds then go for it

[geeko]

16, always raised w/ great respect for animals. When I moved to Florida I got into reptiles, and it helped a great deal that Ben Siegel Reptiles is right down the street from me. Most of my animals are either directly or indirectly from him. I now have a breeding pair of corn snakes and 8 ball pythons, and I am starting a BP breeding program this year.