female herpers

joey · 10-28-04, 10:45 AM

Are there many female herpers out there?

Yeah for female snake lovers!

How does your family feel about your interests in reptiles? Friends? Partners?

joey · 10-28-04, 11:15 AM

My boyfriend is terribly shy around my snakes and keeps his distance. Although he thinks it's cool that I like them. He keeps promising me that he will go to the next show with me and then at the last minute chickens out. Oh well, it would be nice if he loved reptiles as much as I but that's alright I love the ol'boy just the same.. lol.

I have neighbors in my apartment building who stop over just to see my snakes. One woman always brings her 6 year old granddaughter over and Mia (the little girl) LOVES to see the snakes. It's very cool.

thunder · 10-28-04, 11:23 AM

i am a female herper. so far i have never had a boyfriend who was also into the hobby, but none that were terrified. my family and friends tend to think i am a major weirdo. but they generally like my animals once they see them.

bistrobob85 · 10-28-04, 11:26 AM

I don't think that, for some reason, there are as many female herpers around than male herpers, which is kinda sad... In fact, ladies are getting more and more interested into herps. Its always fun to have ladies around, keep them comming in!

phil.

joey · 10-28-04, 11:36 AM

Nothing wrong with being a 'weirdo' ---that's pretty much how my family and friends view me and my interests too. I wouldn't want it any other way!

I do wish there was at least one other person I knew who lived close by who also had reptiles.....

CHRISANDBOIDS14 · 10-28-04, 11:43 AM

Hey, were ALL weirdos!! Well in the eyes of regulare ppl(Non-Herpers or whatever you wish to call them). Lol.

C.

susan · 10-28-04, 11:55 AM

i am 1 and my family friends ect think im a wierdo. but i think its been great owning and learning many different herps. now mydaughter is into it

susan

RepTylE · 10-28-04, 12:06 PM

There are lots of females involved in the hobby. I find that in most cases they are brought into it by their spouses or boyfriends which means that they are already taken

I haven't had much luck finding a woman that accepts my reptiles. Oh well..............

capsicum · 10-28-04, 12:19 PM

I have always loved herps, but never really got into snakes until last summer. For valentine's day, I was fortunate to have my hubby offer me any kind of pet I wanted. I chose a yearling female spotted python

Hubby doesn't really like the snakes, but loves the lizards. However he is really looking forward to the corns we are planning on buying soon

TK

joey · 10-28-04, 01:03 PM

THAT'S ~very~ cool TK, ---awesome that your husband offered you any pet you wanted. Kudos to him !!

HeatherRose · 10-28-04, 01:07 PM

I'm female, thank you very much

I've been into amphibians for as long as I remember, and from that it branched into an obsession with geckos, and then onto snakes and other herps. I never wanted a bunny or a hamster when I was younger, only frogs and newts...

Most of my family decided that my hobby was an interesting one, but of course there's always the handfull that think I've got a few screws loose.

My friends are usually tolerant of my constant yabbering about my animals, and some even come over to see them. However, my closest friends are also members of this site so I can obsess freely with them anyway

In my personal experience, boyfriends in the hobby are extremely overrated

...and I'm constantly being surprised by how many guys are actually afraid of snakes.

If anyone still doubts the abundance of females in the hobby, feel free to check out these threads:

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showt...ghlight=chicks

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showt...ghlight=chicks

(These threads are older and not all of the pictures are still there, mind you.)

There's also one for the girls while I'm at it

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showt...ghlight=chicks

Enjoy!

-Heather

joey · 10-28-04, 01:18 PM

LOL ---that was fun Heather, thanks for posting those links. Maybe we could get the fella's to post updated pics?

Very cool that your closest friends are also members here. Would be a nice common interest to be able to share.

marisa · 10-28-04, 01:21 PM

I am a female into herps.

I don't find any shortage of either sex when it comes to herpers.

I don't really know what my family thinks, wouldn't matter if they hated it though. I am pretty sure they just think things are interesting.

My friends are all either snake keepers, or into other weird hobbies so they all enjoy my pets. My roomates love animals so they love me having snakes for them to hold and look at.

Marisa

capsicum · 10-28-04, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by joey
THAT'S ~very~ cool TK, ---awesome that your husband offered you any pet you wanted. Kudos to him !!

It's deffinately cool

He also bought me my first BCI (2 y/o female, 4 1/2 ft), for my birthday

Even he suggested that if I wanted, I could try to find someone to trade the boa for 1.1 adult beardies....maybe???

He's awesome, keeps suggestion more and more snakes for me to get

Now my family is another story...they DO NOT like snakes At All, rofl! But they think it is interesting, though they will never have a herp in their home lol.

TK

askaboutrep · 10-28-04, 01:51 PM

Girls are supposed to be scared of:
Snakes and lizards
Mice
Spiders and other bugs
Rats

I guess we all arent very good at being girls....lol