Girls and Snakes

pet_snake_78 · 05-29-16, 08:43 PM

Here's my friend Sara posing with a Royal Diadem Ratsnake. I try to get people over their fear of snakes as much as possible, unfortunately she was bitten during the photographing but even still she learned small to medium sized snakes don't hurt much. I usually use a dwarf boa because they move slowly and do not bite.

toddnbecka · 05-30-16, 01:54 AM

From the looks of that snake I'd say she's lucky she didn't get pooped on, LOL.

bigsnakegirl785 · 05-30-16, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by toddnbecka

From the looks of that snake I'd say she's lucky she didn't get pooped on, LOL.

Ditto! haha

SerpentineDream · 05-30-16, 08:49 PM

Yes, that snake has a "present" waiting for her.

I was the one who had to convince my husband that snakes aren't scary. It didn't even occur to me that snakes were more of a "guy thing" until recently when it came up in conversation with a breeder I was buying a ball python from. He was surprised that I was so into snakes and that I thought the hatchling was cute. "Chicks think puppies are cute, not pythons." Well, I sure begged to differ. He said, "If you go to a reptile convention you'll see that the gender ratio is... uneven." I haven't been to one (I live in rural South Dakota and the nearest one would be Denver) but it just seems silly to me that women wouldn't be equally interested in reptiles.

I find that my Russian rat snakes are awesome ambassadors because they are super friendly and willingly climb right into your hands. My corn snakes are also good for that. They are mellow and laid back.

macandchz · 05-31-16, 11:08 AM

you might be surprized how many of us girls are into snakes. went to a small reptile rally not too long ago and there was quite a lot of us there.

eminart · 05-31-16, 11:23 AM

Honestly, I think it's pretty close to 50/50.

mysticmoon · 05-31-16, 01:37 PM

Snake loving girl right here!

bigsnakegirl785 · 05-31-16, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SerpentineDream

Yes, that snake has a "present" waiting for her.

I was the one who had to convince my husband that snakes aren't scary. It didn't even occur to me that snakes were more of a "guy thing" until recently when it came up in conversation with a breeder I was buying a ball python from. He was surprised that I was so into snakes and that I thought the hatchling was cute. "Chicks think puppies are cute, not pythons." Well, I sure begged to differ. He said, "If you go to a reptile convention you'll see that the gender ratio is... uneven." I haven't been to one (I live in rural South Dakota and the nearest one would be Denver) but it just seems silly to me that women wouldn't be equally interested in reptiles.

I find that my Russian rat snakes are awesome ambassadors because they are super friendly and willingly climb right into your hands. My corn snakes are also good for that. They are mellow and laid back.

I've been to several expos and none of them were weighted towards male-appearing people, although the booths were dominated by male-appearing people. I wouldn't say it's 50/50 woman/man because I'm sure there are plenty of people of other genders in our hobby.

Albert Clark · 05-31-16, 03:31 PM

It's amazing how a reptile can sense fear. It must be a higher brain function that they possess.

MM1 · 05-31-16, 07:07 PM

Plus, although I know a photo is just a brief instant, she got her hands kind gripping him up and not supporting the middle of the body. Maybe that had the snake a bit uneasy. It seems like coming at them from below (not like a predator) and, in the example of an active fast mover, turning your hands into a snake treadmill underneath them, works most of the time. Still, it was probably even more valuable that your friend learned that it couldn't really hurt her anyway.

pet_snake_78 · 06-03-16, 06:04 PM

No poop but I did get 6 eggs yesterday.

MM1 · 06-03-16, 08:25 PM

Well that's WAY better.

Albert Clark · 06-04-16, 02:18 AM

Congrats. That sounds like a plan.

Lefitte · 06-04-16, 02:56 AM

I had like the complete opposite idea that SerpentineDream had. I thought it would be much harder to find other girls in the hobby. I've never been to a reptile show so I can speak on that, but since I got into snakes I've found that almost all the people I know with reptiles are actually girls. All my reptile friends in town, minus one coworker, are girls. The majority of all my friends online that have reptiles are also girls [and the reason some of them have snakes is my fault!]. And I've noticed that a lot of members on here are girls as well. It's kind of nice not being the only one. I was afraid, being a girl, that I'd be more of an outcast in the community so I'm really happy that isn't the case.

pet_snake_78 · 06-04-16, 07:22 AM

I go to the white plains and hamburg shows occasionally. I see quite a few women at both. I have no idea the percentages, but certainly there are many at both shows. Getting both genders involved is absolutely great anyway because the biggest threat to the hobby in the US (and I imagine in many other places) are insane and needless regulations.