Most common questions/misconceptions?

[MedusasOwl]

Hi guys! Still alive over here, and I've just gotten started on typing up an FAQ for Blue Gorgon. I got inspired by being asked so many questions by people at the vet waiting room, but I want to make sure I cover as much ground as possible since the whole Blue Gorgon thing -aside from pimping VBB awesomeness- is to help people who are unfamiliar with snakes see them as beautiful instead of scary and alien.

Some of the ones I've got so far include:

~Why snakes?

~Do your snakes run around loose in your home?

~You also keep pet house rabbits, aren’t you scared that your snakes will get out and eat them?

~Isn’t it true that if you feed a snake in their own enclosure they’ll be more inclined to bite when you reach in for them?

~A snake will only get as big as it’s enclosure, right?

~Can I keep more than one snake in an enclosure?

~Can I feed a snake something other than rodents/meat?

~How often do they eat?

I had a woman ask me the other day if Ma-tsu might eat her dachsaund, after which I needed to gently explain the laws of physics (Ma-tsu is not a Snake of Holding!) but I don't think that quite falls under common misconceptions. Or does it?

What have non-snake people asked you the most? I'm not so much looking for the wackiest questions, but the ones you get asked the most. Sometimes the two may cross over, but you get the idea.

[JLC]

Always a treat to see you, Sheree!


~Does it bite?

~Can it strangle you?

~Is it poisonous? (Not sure I've ever had a non-snake person ask if it was "venomous"!)

~How does it drink water?

Those are a few that come to mind.

[Freakie_frog]

also

Why are they warm if their cold blooded?

Their slimy aren't they?

[Mendel's Balls]

Are you from West Virgina? They have snake worship there....

We'll be getting a dog soon, a lot people ask if we'll be keeping the snake.....as though we let him slither around our apt.

[cassandra]

How often do they bite?

Does it hurt when they bite?

[shhhli]

ha, "is it posinous"

short story: while crowley was living with tony at his parents, we spent forever convincing his step-mother was not venomous. she even petted him a few times and was fine. and don't you know it her know-it-all friend told her she better go check and make sure his eyes were not elliptical, because that would mean he was venomous. as if we didn't know whether or not we were keeping such in a plastic tub in his room for over a year.



i get a lot of "why snakes?" "snakes are demonic" "well what are you going to do when he gets 20ft long?"

[Icatsme]

Here's a funny one, a little off topic but very anthropomorphic. When I got my second snake and was telling my mom about it the only thing she said to me was...

"That's nice dear, won't Stippey get jealous?"

Leave it to a mom to think there will be "sibling" rivalry.

A lot of people ask me if my snakes are happy to see me, like a dog or a cat, when I get home from work.

[python.princess]

my fave is how everbody knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who's girlfriend was eaten because the snake got out while she was on her period. ummm..... yeah..... i bet that started from some chick getting bitten on the foot or something! most annoying urban legend ever!

[Krazy99CL]

my fave is how everbody knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who's girlfriend was eaten because the snake got out while she was on her period. ummm..... yeah..... i bet that started from some chick getting bitten on the foot or something! most annoying urban legend ever!

lol. period.

get asked....

Does it bit?

What do you feed it?

Lastly....

How big is it?....mmm..Lol.

[Nikki0326]

Luckily I dont get asked too many stupid questions. Ive gotten the "Does it bite" the most. And Ive been asked how I feed it, and do I knock the mouse out first. App a friend of mine knows a chick who puts the mouse in a sock and beats it up against the wall until it passes out, personally I'll stick with feeding my snake a live MOVING mouse than beating the poor thing.

I did have a woman at the pet store who felt bad picking out a feeder because she was basically chosing which mouse was going to die.

O I've also been asked what you do with a snake and do you pet it.