Most Bizarre Things You've Heard People Say About Herps

[Beardedragon]

" Are you prepared to give your bp a whole room and feed it rabits when it gets 20 feet long?"

" no he wont"

"yes he will"

"no he wont!"

" He will to"

I could finish this but theres no point when my next few lines would look like this : no they dont

With beardies ive been told they can live off of turtlefood and lettuce. They only have to eat ten crickets a day when babys, and asked if i had to go to the hospital when i got bit by my bp for the anti venom There is ALOT more but i do not want to make you guys read to much

[aeio540]

1. Snakes have poisonous tongues

2. Iguanas are venomous

3. Snakes eat babies!

4. Snakes smell bad because. . .well they just do.

5. There are snakes so fast that they have never been captured on film.

6. The devil uses snakes as his "doorway" into our world

7. We just like watching animals kill other animals

8. Slimy

9. Give you warts.

10. Snakes have the ability to hypnotize you.

11. You regularly find big constrictors longer than 50 feet.

12. Even if you hired the engineers, technicians, and workers that built the hoover dam, it would still be impossible for them to build a cage for a snake without it escaping and eating your dog.

13. Snakes like to eat dogs.

14. All snakes are poisonous, we've all just been lucky so far.

[Jay_Bunny]

My sister insists my snakes are venomous.

Here's another...

"What are you going to do if you snake gets out and eats your cats?"

"Um they will never get that big."

"Oh yes they will. Those snakes get to be like 10 feet long and will be big enough to kill and eat your cats."

"They only get about four feet long and eat nothing bigger than a small rat."

"Well they will strangle you in your sleep."

"No they won't. They will find some place warm and curl up."

"Well they are venomous. What if they bite you?"

[Crazydude]

I had a vet tell me my bearded dragon was an iguana and was currious why it wasnt green. I told him it was a beardie, and he had a confused look on his face, Never returned to that vet.

Ive heard the iguana thing alot, but the vet thing was just crazy, Spend 8 years in college to work with animals, and cant tell apart two of the most common captive lizard species.

Also, i am yet to encounter a single kid that has asked a stupid comment, Its all adults, which is funny.

My moms friend has a 13 year old milksnake, its in a 20L, anyway, I dont really agree with their care, no heating, feed it once a month, anyway, she insists that snakes only grow to the size of their tank, thats why her milksnake is 3-4ft? (normal size am i right?). And tells me to feed 1x a month for a baby of a different species and for some reason thinks all snakes care is the same.

And ive heard to 10 cricket thing way to much with beardies, a reptile store where i got it from had an employee that kept telling me that, and wouldnt sell any more then 100 crickets to me in a jam for my dragon which was a baby at the time.

and the reptiles need friends is way to common and quite scary, ive heard/read/seen that way to much, and every single time there is a dominance or fighting problem.

Anyway, to sum it all up, reptiles are way misunderstood, and people really dont have a clue about them. Its sad, i think alot of people are missing out based of there ignorant and confused fears and phobias developed by the media and just lack of knowlage all together.

[JeffFlanagan]

I was at the vet the other day and although my vet treats snakes and reptiles at a reptile zoo near my home and he is a recommended herp vet, he doesn't get alot of snakes in my small town. Anyway I went in with my baby bp in a tub and almost everyone in the waiting room (like 10 people) made comments like, OMG SHE HAS A SNAKE! WILL IT GET OUT AND STRANGLE ME?!! and eventually asked me several other crazy questions. Some people were grossed out and left the room....lol oh goodness

Weird. When I take a snake to the vet, most people want to see it or touch it and ask a lot of questions about snakes. I meet a lot of people that way.

[python.princess]

man! all this time, I've been a devil worshiper and never even knew! you really CAN learn anything on the internet!

[SteelerFreak89]

man! all this time, I've been a devil worshiper and never even knew! you really CAN learn anything on the internet!

hey I'm a redhead too! Imagine what Jehovas Witness thinks when I open the door with my python?!

[Jay_Bunny]

hey I'm a redhead too! Imagine what Jehovas Witness thinks when I open the door with my python?!

I am so going to do that if they ever do knock on my door! No offense to people of that group, but hate it when people push their beliefs on you. I either want to answer the door with a big snake in my arms or answer the door naked.

[SteelerFreak89]

I am so going to do that if they ever do knock on my door! No offense to people of that group, but hate it when people push their beliefs on you. I either want to answer the door with a big snake in my arms or answer the door naked.

hehe. The people here are rude as well. One time I answered the door with my python in one hand and a half bitten apple in the other to represent the serpent and temptation (just in case you didnt know).

ps I am open to all religions just don't push others and be rude about it

[Jay_Bunny]

ps. I am too. I'm one of those open minded agnostic people. lol.