So, Tuesday is feeding day. I've just gotten home and gotten the dog walked, the cats fed, fresh water for all the fur-kids. I'm JUST starting to round up the mice to put into a Kritter Keeper to take to the bedroom to prep the snakes and there's a knock on the door.

There's one of the neighborhood kids standing there and staring at me. I'm like "yes, can I help you?" He says "today's feeding day, right?"

First, I'm confused, then I remember that I had Skye out on the porch with me on Sunday because it was such a nice warm sunny day and he and some other neighborhood kids had walked up to the porch to see Diamond and were wanting to touch her and were asking all kinds of questions about what you feed them, can they see them feed, etc. I had told them that if they got their parent's permission to come in my apartment, we'd see. When they asked was I feeding that day, I had replied that I normally feed on Tuesdays. Man, he did not forget! And even told me his parents said it was ok. I sort of told a white lie and said I didn't feed until around 8 pm, and I have a feeling he'll be back. I'm thinking I should tell him that I'd prefer that one of his parents comes with him so that they can meet me and I know for sure he got permission.

The kids here are great kids. Once I had Kashmire outside and one of the kids asked to hold him. His mother came out and asked in Portugese what he had (they're Brazilian) and he told her (in Portugese, snake sounds like "cobra") and she starts waving her hands and runs inside. I said "is she upset?" He said "nope, she's going to get the camera!" LOL

I like being able to encourage their interest in snakes at a young age, and they are learning how to gently hold the snakes. Some days when it was cold they'd ask if I could bring one out and I'd explain that it was much too cold for snakes and explained how they weren't able to create their own body heat etc. They ask a lot of great questions too. It's great to have some young budding herp enthusiasts. Maybe when I start breeding their parents may let them have one and I'll have found some good homes for the male normals!