what a great thread
i just want to start by thanking all of you for your honest answers an opinions, newbs and vets!
as far as i go, i myself have wanted one for years and years but just never could take the plunge. every chance i get to view or handle a snake i take it, my childrens mother knows me very well and understands that i have a very deep interest for these animals and feel free to separate my interest for them with the responsibilities of owning one as thats why i came on this site. after showing her pictures of our daughter with the snake she has shown no hostility towards the idea of me owning one. our daughter is and always will be a very brave out of the box girl.
her attention span: Im not sure how address this but she is a child.....she has a short attention span, to be honest the betta fish was a trial for her as for 6 months she has been bugging me for a snake! as distracted as a child may be 6 months is pretty impressive to be bothering dad for an a individual animal, im assuming. she spends alot of time in front of her fish bowl talking to her fish and asking me if we need to clean or feed the fish, she shows great interest in caring for the animal and helps when its time.
corn snake, king snake or BP: I agree in every way possible that the BP MAY or MAY NOT be the right snake but again, she keeps going to the same snake everytime we visit the pet store. its a ball python! i show her the smaller snakes but she doesnt like them and by doesnt like them i simply mean she says "cool" and goes back to looking at the pythons. the snake we had in the tattoo shop was a ball python and i would walk around with this gem on my neck and let it hang out on my lap while i drew for customers, i may be the problem in this case as i have been known to treat the snake like a lap dog once a week. to be honest, corn snakes present no interest for me.....i dont know if its the size of a python or the design but small snakes have never done anything for me...please elaborate on this. i think its the same issue with my daughter, the snake isnt big enough to admire fully? none the less she has been showing great interest for the ball python.
i hope you guys have more to say to me on this topic and i know you may not realize it but you may have just made my daughter the happiest little girl ever by majority, it looks like we may be getting a new family member
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