female herpers

[askaboutrep]

As for me....I find it hard to keep roomates, they get a little irked about crickets chirping in their bedrooms all night, and when I inform them(not too often mind you) that a snake has escaped.
My bf loves me, and therefore loves my hobby too, but dont expect him to do anything with them.
One friend vowed never to come over when I got my very first corn....the rest are cool with it.
My family supports my hobby, my mom raises mice for me.
My co-workers all think I am nuts, especially cuz I have mice in my freezer.
My extended family tolerate my hobby simply because I am part of their family.
I think herpers are great cuz we are all open minded and not too worried what the world thinks.

[Nicki]

I am a female herper! I've had a partner who just tolerated the herps, but supported MY interest in them, and one who loved herps almost as much as I do. One guy I met ran out of my home (literally) because the idea of herps in the place was too much for him! LOL!!!

I find that almost an equal number of men as women are afraid of snakes, so I don't think sex has anything to do with it. I do have to say, though, people generally warm up to the lizards much quicker than to the snakes... but still, once most people spend some time around the animals, they grow to like them.

My family thinks it's cool, though they don't much want to handle the animals, and my Mum says that she WON'T be babysitting my animals for me! LOL

Anyways, I love my animals, and anyone in my life either has to accept that, or move on!

Nicki

[joey]

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Anyways, I love my animals, and anyone in my life either has to accept that, or move on!
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right on!!!

I've met guys who were totally wigged-out by the idea of snakes in my apartment and then thought I was kinda scary for having them. bwa ha ha ha. :medteeths

My mom loves all my critters and even refers to my snakes as her 'grandsnakies'. My dad went with me to a show where I bought my first ball python when he was visiting from out-of-town. He loved it!

I agree---there are just as many men afraid of snakes as there are women.

[damzookeeper]

I"m a female herper and so is my daughter. My husband on the other hand is terrified of snakes (he actually has a phobia) and I think it is so big of him that he let me bring my first snake in this last May for mother's day. Mind you he didn't buy it for me or even look at it. lol, but he allowed them in the house which is a lot on his part, he is so afraid of them just seeing them at a distance makes him go weak in the knees and I swear he is going to pass out he turns so white. He is definately not an animal person but he supports me and even helps build my cages and gave me the basement for my hobby (also so he wouldn't have to see the animals. lol)
My parents are bird people but my mom loves my turtles and my dad loves my blue tongue skinks. They have always supported anything I've done even if they thought it was weird and outragous. lol The rest of my family think it is interesting, most of them wouldn't own any themselves but they bring their kids over to see the snakes and lizards and are pretty cool with it.
My friends and co-workers, well, that's another story. lol, They just think I'm nuts and can't believe I keep rodents in the freezer. But they have asked for my autograph a couple times when I make the local paper. lol.

I plan on spreading my "disease" to as many people as I can in as short time as possible. My daughter is already on her way with her first snake at age 9.

And I too believe there are just about as many female herpers out there as their are men, some may have started out through their husbands or boyfriends but then their are the ones like me that have had a love of herps from the time I could walk and talk and live with a male spouse that could do with out them in his life. That makes me love him even more since I have well over 100 herps in the house. Almost a dozen snakes and he is terrified of them more than anything else in his life. Well, maybe not as much as losing such a great wife like me. lol, j/k I think my head got big there for a minute.

[ydnic]

Heres a pic of me and my friends posing after I made our outfits!

I`m in the middle

[Shaghan]

I am also a female herper. I love all animals in general. I grew up with at least 2 in my house. My b/f is pretty much as interested as I am in all animals. We have 10 animals right now but I think that's our limit. I would have a million if I could. We have...

2 Australian Shepards- "Trink" and "Toke"
2 Black Cats- "Jazmine" and "Opal Nera"
2 stick bugs- "Kindling" and "Hickory"
1 Normal Corn- "Mais"
1 Anery Corn- "Mallory"
1 Ball Python- "Dodge"
1 BCI- "Tron"

My family thinks I'm nuts. My friends like them cuz they can come over and hold them.

I used to have a phobia about snakes, used to be terrified. I wouldn't even go for walks when camoing b/c I was scared I would cross the path of a snake. Shane finally, after a few years, talked me into getting one cuz he thought they were interesting and I've never turned back. Your only afraid of the unknown. One I understood their behaviour I was cool with them.

[justinO]

I got Jessy (my girlfriend) into herps when I first met her.. now we live together and more of our snake room is occupied by her snakes then mine ... not like i'm complaining.. I got her hooked good. I think herps are more addictive then drugs

Justin

[snakegal12345]

I got 2 leos and hopefully soon a couple standing day geckos(for free.) My mom has the biggest phobia of snakes and isn't a big fan of lizards that climb walls. She used never come into my room when my lizards were. Now she holds them every night.

Kirsten

[joey]

nice picture damzookeeper!

[hudson]

I'm a female herper as well, and so is my five year old daughter( I think she's more addicted than me). My husband wasn't crazy about them when we first met, but now he's he's right into it. For about 2 years, lizards (he still doesn't like snakes) were the only presents we ever bought each other because there is always a show around each of our birthdays. Over the last year we've scaled down our collection a bit, but I can never imagine our house being totally reptile free.

As for family, friends, and co workers, there is the odd one that I've managed to corrupt but the general consenses is that I am nuts.

I may be nuts but I still think it's pretty cool that my 5 year old little girl can go into any pet store and list off all the reptiles by name and give you the proper care for each. She has also taken up the habit of correcting the employees when they give the wrong info to customers. (it's absolutely priceless to see the looks on their faces)

Kate

[nat_the_brat]

I am female herper and I find it frustrating where I live because I can't find any others... male or female. I agree that there are equal amounts of males and females in the field but oh man... the general public doesn't know that. I get such a kick when I go to pet stores and check out the snakes and frogs. The male staff are always trying to be macho thinking I am this scared little thing that will be so impressed with their ability to show me what a frog is. The other day I was looking at a corn and a 20ish male employee came up and said "that's a corn snake... they can get pretty long...they eat mice... yadda yadda yadda " and then said "do you want me to take it out for you?" with a grin on his face like I would scream or look at him in awe. I looked back at him and said "nah... its ok.. I got my boas at home. I am just here to pick up some rats for them"... so next he started off about the treefrogs... especially the red eye that was in the store. He kept trying to explain to me that they were those ones you see in national geographic and how rare and hard to find they are. I was like "Yah... you should see my female.. she's so pretty... you should see my dart frogs. they got awesome colors on them to" by then he gave up trying to impress me and went into the back room and didn't come back out until i left. what really pisses them off the most is when they try to seel you an animal and you point out all the horrible problems it has due to poor husbandry. sorry for going on and on.. just an experience still fresh in my head.

[joey]

lol

I think you 'poo-pooed' on the boy's parade.

[capsicum]

Hehe...too funny Nat

I had a similar experience here at a pet store. I went in and saw a bunch of little ball pythons, and the one chick asked if I would be interested in seeing it out of the cage. So she takes it out, and askes if I wanted to hold it. I said of course, picked it up, and as she tried to say how delicate they are and that they can be snappy, the little ballcrawls all over my head and wrapped itself around my hands. She was shocked, and said that none of them had ever been that friendly. She wanted to know if I was affraid of the snake, so I replied "Of course not, I have 5 balls at home"

It was funny, and even more funny when I corrected their labeling on the Okeetee corn tank - they thought it was an albino

TK

[LISA127]

I'm obviously a female herper. I have two daughters, 9 and 10 years old. They also love reptiles and didn't realize for the longest time that most ppl don't appreciate snakes...lol. My husband likes the lizards, but isn't too much into snakes and turtles/torts. And my family, well they just get real nervous everytime they come over about finding mice sitting out being thawed on top of cages. They enjoy looking at the herps, but don't like touching them much. I run a latchkey program at the school near me, and the kids there think it's cool. They all wish I was their mom....lol.

To be honest, I'm an animal lover in every sense of the word. It's just not herps with me. Animals are my life, and actually dogs are my first passion.

[Lindze]

I as well am a female herper. I have to be the only one in my community (female anyways). My family is cool with it, but when i was living at home my dad wouldnt allow me more than four snakes. My mom on the other hand, would take me to any herp related stores when we were in Winnipeg, she considers the snakes and iguana her grandchildren, although she has 12 human ones already. My bf was a challange when we first met, he wouldnt even come close to my room, and at that time i only had one snake!! Well now he lives in a room filled with snakes....but my room mate, well i have to get rid of him, he hates them with a passion. Even his mom loves the snakes too......must be something with men in my community. lol. but yea ive been keeping kings now for only 4 years but thats only a start.