tired of the harrassment!

[Xochiquetzal]

I love snakes ! Yup and tarantulas and scorpions , yup , lizards and turtles and amphibians ! I love them and im tired of all the non herp peeps and their comments about how creepy that is and how i should get rid of them!!!! Darn tired , just had to vent to some body who'd understand! I think all the rest of the world is weird for not liking them so there!

[vendettaseve]

Just tell people you own a dog and 3 cats if you dont like the response you get.


Thats the thing about herps, they usualy fit in the closet when company is coming over.

[infernalis]

I have snakes, lizards, rats and roaches... like it cool.. don't like it, too damn bad ;)

[vendettaseve]

I have snakes, lizards, rats and roaches... like it cool.. don't like it, too damn bad ;)

Waynes Herps definitely dont fit in the closet.

[stephanbakir]

You could also keep all herp related objects in a herp room.
My grandmother is terrified of snakes, she sees a picture of one and she freaks out and has nightmares (bad prank as a kid) if you know something will bother a person simply don't tell them.
She knows i work with them and that i work at a reptile zoo, she makes sure i wash up and im in clean clothes when i come over, and i never mention them around her. Be polite to the misinformed and if they are open to it try and inform them the best you can.

[infernalis]

I keep a few showcase animals in the living room. it's cool, some people refuse to enter my house.

[sassy_snake_lady]

I really don't care what other people think. If they don't like it, then don't come over!

[Lankyrob]

We have 9 reptiles in our living room and a cockroach colony in the kitchen - people that dont like it have to stay in the hallway! :)

[sassy_snake_lady]

We have 9 reptiles in our living room and a cockroach colony in the kitchen - people that dont like it have to stay in the hallway! :)

lol there is no escape in my house. 11 snakes in the living room, 10 in my bedroom and the breeder mice in the kitchen and the 2 dogs running riot round the whole house :yes:

[Lankyrob]

lol there is no escape in my house. 11 snakes in the living room, 10 in my bedroom and the breeder mice in the kitchen and the 2 dogs running riot round the whole house :yes:

We also have 2 guinea pigs and a hamster in the living room and 2 cats and a dog free roaming - more like a zoo than a house :rolleyes: :)

[serpentshideawa]

Ill tell em to listen here snakes yada yada. But i love it when i have one of my snakes out and i start walking around the house not knowing theres someone here that dont know about the snakes it amuses me to see em jump but by the time they leave ive talked em in to touching the snake

[SnakeManKyle]

lol there is no escape in my house. 11 snakes in the living room, 10 in my bedroom and the breeder mice in the kitchen and the 2 dogs running riot round the whole house :yes:

Nice. I can vibe will all but the breeder mice in the kitchen. :no:

My nose is really sensitive to the smell of rodents. I couldn't have that around while I'm preparing food. Gaging just thinking about it.

But the 21 snakes and the dogs are cool stuff! I like it ^.^

[lpbldg18]

I try and get most people who are afriad of my snakes to just come hold my milksnake and see how harmless she is! Usually they will and then ask you 10000000 questions about snakes! i got my mom, who was terrified of snakes, to hold her and she comes over all the time to see the snake :)

[sassy_snake_lady]

Nice. I can vibe will all but the breeder mice in the kitchen. :no:

My nose is really sensitive to the smell of rodents. I couldn't have that around while I'm preparing food. Gaging just thinking about it.

But the 21 snakes and the dogs are cool stuff! I like it ^.^

lol They really don't smell. I also have a very sensitive nose!

I have 4 groups so only 4 adult males. They are cleaned out once a week but the bedding I use really helps keep smells away. I use Megazorb (horse bedding) it's great stuff :)

Infact my daughters hamster smelt much much worse!

[FoxxyAzn]

Straight up!! My friends always give me the weird look when we go check out animals at lil pet stores Iand i'm the one person playing with snakes ferrets and tarantulas instead of bunnies or puppies

[infernalis]

My all time fave is when a house guest opens the freezer for the first time. Hundreds and hundreds of frozen mice staring back out.

Or that time when someone grabbed this shedds spread crock (plastic bowl) and she opened it, there was lettuce in it crawling with garden slugs. ;)

[TeaNinja]

i know some people who don't like dogs or cats at all, some people just don't like animals. to each his own.

[sch1sm]

my cellar is my rep room. its tanked out and secure against flooding so its secure for the 2 BPs i keep down there in a locked viv.
Ive just moved nextdoor to a very old very good friend whose wiew of snakes is possitively phobic (He once sprinted out of my house because of a cornsnake hatchling.).
He has no idea that the cellar is even a useable room.

[Xochiquetzal]

Im just tired of people with irrational fears lol! I own 6 parrots and when im home theyre all out and usually either on me or follow me , last year I rehomed my beardy and the guy that picked her up has over one hundred herps , but he just couldnt get over the fact that i had " so many birds"! Each to his own , just have to vent every so often!

[Coffee Black]

I used my very first "official" paycheck to buy my first snake, a grey ratsnake. I took it home, set it up, dropped a live mouse in there ( didn't know better at the time,) and then left for 12 hours to avoid parental repercussions. Came home to malicious stares but a good amount of acquiescence ( on my mother's part, my father was furious) and it was all good...sorta. She still didn't like the new boa I got shortly after because she finally found the courage to look at her and say " awww..." and then nearly got tagged haha. 10 years later I stop buy their place after every expo to show them new pets or terrorize them with frozen feeders. My parents still talk about my grey rat (no longer around) with a strange sort of fondness.

My fiance went from never having seen a reptile up close to having one, feeding it things she hated being near, dropping $1000 on vet care to save it's life and then learning how to deal with the disgusting that comes with feeding f/t rodents to lizards :P

Some people will come around and tolerate reptiles, some will warm up to reptiles and some will fall in love with reptiles. Sometimes it just takes a while and some diligence on our parts. Those people with irrational fears can be brought around, you just have to chip away at them. Don't be angry. Be the teacher. Cheers!

[stephanbakir]

My X girlfriend got me a tarantula for our anniversary, I had it on my shoulder while i was doing my homework (it was always restless in its terrarium but loved to be on my arm (by love i mean it calmed down) the thing even ate in my hands which was pretty cool. Anyway one day a friend came over and saw it, she screamed and smashed it with her purse then bolted. After calming her down I asked her why she killed it and she said "it was going to eat you, I saw it" When fear takes over, the mind works in mysterious irrational ways

[Max713]

My X girlfriend got me a tarantula for our anniversary, I had it on my shoulder while i was doing my homework (it was always restless in its terrarium but loved to be on my arm (by love i mean it calmed down) the thing even ate in my hands which was pretty cool. Anyway one day a friend came over and saw it, she screamed and smashed it with her purse then bolted. After calming her down I asked her why she killed it and she said "it was going to eat you, I saw it" When fear takes over, the mind works in mysterious irrational ways

Thats horrible!

[sephinflames]

I have pictures of my husbands snakes hanging in my cube and people just give me looks over them. One woman even told me 'your snakes freak me out'....as if that would make me take the pictures down. I even had my boss tell me she'd never come visit my house because of the snakes, of course my response was 'why would I invite you?'
If people are giving you crap, they clearly are narrow minded, let it go. It's not worth carrying that with you. I don't care what they think of me because we have snakes in the house.
Though I have discovered that most people assume that if you have snakes you let them roam free as you would a cat or a dog. I did have to explain to my boss that you don't do that with snakes. It makes about the same sense as letting your fish roam freely. (it will die)
Ah well, I don't think you are weird. :yes:

[DFowler]

I used to be one of those people that didn't like reptiles at all. Last year for the first time I held a snake (a Ball Python) so my husband wouldn't get one up on me on our honeymoon. I fell in love. As soon as we got back home I went and bought one. Now I'm addicted. I love messing with the women I work with about snakes. They think I'm crazy. We haven't had but a couple of visitors since we got our snakes HEHE! People that drink sometimes say that something is messing with their drinking time. Well I say to much company is messing with my snake time.

[vendettaseve]

Ah well, I don't think you are weird. :yes:

I do, Whats wrong with you people :P






On a semi related note, a relative of mine actually peed herself last night when the beardie made a mad dash across her lap.

[stephanbakir]

If you want to have a fun time watching people freak out, start breeding tokay geckos. DAMN is the only thing I can say, they freak out and screaming and fly across the room at anyone when guarding eggs lol, crazy bite too:P