I've made it a point to introduce my neighbors to my reptile pets just in cases the unthinkable happens and one gets out. We have awesome neighbors, and while most of them are not reptile fans, they wouldn't do anything to harm them either. Of course we have lived in our home over 12 years, and we've made it a point to make friends with the people who live around us, always waving hello, giving small gifts and cards during the holidays, and bringing meals and stuff to our elderly neighbor when she can't visit her family during Thanksgiving, ect.
I believe that if people get to know you as a person, they will at least not go out of their way to harm your pets. But then again, my husband and myself are competitive fencers, and practice in our front yard, and we have a 4 foot gargoyle in our flower bed; so maybe the neighbors are a bit afraid to piss us off..
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