Your mom is adorable. Mine is no longer around, but she was just as tolerant of my snakes, once she saw how easily I interacted with them. She was always
a dog-lover, but while snakes are a different sort of pet, they show personality & accept handling without a fuss, & considering that her mom (my late grand-
mother) HATED snakes, my mom had a pretty open mind about them. Progress...
I think for MOST people that I've met, it comes down to "seeing is believing": once they see me handling my snakes close up, those who profess to "hate snakes"
come away with a whole different perspective, because all that time they justified their opinion because "all snakes bite". After watching me handling a snake,
many if not most can't resist touching or holding it too...I get such a kick out of seeing minds changed. When snakes are clearly NOT "evil" or scary, most folks
are relieved & then curious.
It's when they AREN'T seeing our snakes that more people spout their nasty hate comments, because it's hard to argue with what's right in front of them.
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