Happens to everyone, I think. I was so excited to get my new snake in today as well, he's a lesser bee and absolutely beautiful. I posted him to facebook right away and the reply I got, word for word;

No snakes are beautiful. Lol nasty creatures! But, to each their own. Just dont get them near me when I visit please. Lol


Well that kind of hurt... My parents don't say much, but I know they don't really approve either. Not to sound like a rebellious teenager (I'm in my 20's, after all) but it isn't really anyone's approval I'm after. On the reverse side of the coin, my brother's friend "loves" snakes, and when he visited with my brother today he just wanted to hold my biggest snake and wasn't getting the hints when I kept suggested he put him back. First time I had ever heard any of my pythons hiss, but this guy handles snakes much too roughly. I'll take people avoiding snakes altogether over the ones that only think they know how to properly handle a python.


*It was't the new snake he was handling, it was Chelsea, who will henceforth be referred to as Chase.