Negative comments

[Bogertophis]

As someone who shows them publicly to people for education, Yes, I have herd it all. I simply tell people, "Spend 10 minuets with some of my animals. You might find what you think about them is wrong?" Cant change everyone's mind but I now have a few people who have done a 180 and now respect them for what they are. Some tell me they will only hold my animals. Some will never change their minds. Short answer. As long as they don't take away my right and ability to love them and have them, they can feel how they so choose.

Seeing IS believing! It really changes many minds when we can demonstrate our docile & beautiful snakes to people...doesn't have to be a formal talk, just a "meet &
greet"...10 minutes is about right...it changes minds. I've met many who say they always hated snakes but never saw one up close, much less EVER actually touched
one...and once they do, many can't get enough & end up HOLDING them with a smile.

There's always some pathetic jerk that walks by & says "that looks just like the one I chopped up last week" & about all you can do is ignore them. You can win over
many, even most, but not all. It's still worth the effort.