People can be ignorant at times. It's just best to move on.
Just some more food for thought though: my sister isn't afraid of snakes, she's got a pattern phobia for scales. I have a pattern phobia of holes. We're both a little off like that, ha ha! My snakes don't scare her, it's just their skin.
Though it is annoying when people say "ew, why do you have snakes?"
I just feel like saying "because I like them, idiot."