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My mother said she wouldn't let a snake in the house...

Corny Noob

Corny Noob

Proud Momma
Well this just stinks, she told me she refused to have a snake in the house, especially since it'll have to eat mice. She didn't care that I could hide them in a tupperware container and said she refused to have dead mice in her freezer.

Living at home really bites some times :sobstory:
 
aww... Im so sorry. there always is the bf's house. :D In the meantime, we'll share pics of our snakes with you and you can always "play" with the snakes at work. And with the warmer weather coming, you could go on a herp trip and look for wild corns. they are in your region.
 
What if you buy the mice as needed, and don't store them at home? Like buy a FT or FK from a reptile store for each feeding.

Nanci
 
Could you get a little mini freezer and keep it in your room? Then the mice would be totally seperate to her stuff and she wouldn't even have to go near them.
 
Plissken said:
Could you get a little mini freezer and keep it in your room? Then the mice would be totally seperate to her stuff and she wouldn't even have to go near them.
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That's not a bad idea. You can get a mini fridge on Craigslist or something for around $50. If that fails, Walmart isn't too expensive either. And I happen to know for a fact that the Haier brand has a strong enough freezer to keep frozen mice. :)
 
Well knowing my mother that's not the only reason, every time I come up with a solution she'll find another problem :rolleyes:
 
Sounds like my mom. Just bring one home like I did (but mine was a WC garter and my dad said yes).
 
Abcat1993 said:
Sounds like my mom. Just bring one home like I did (but mine was a WC garter and my dad said yes).
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I disagree. IMHO, bringing an animal home which you may not be able to keep is irresponsible. Mom's can be a pain at times, but she'll come around if you find a reasonable solution to her issues with getting a snake.
 
Well my intentions haven't changed though, and I hadn't planned on getting my snake till my birthday anyway which is still 7 months away.
So I guess I really will need those 7 months to convince her.
 
If you can provide her with a reasonable and responsible solution for every issue with it that she might have...it might convince her that you have done enough research and are prepared and responsible enough to give in.

It would work with me if my daughter wanted something that I didn't want in the house...FWIW...
 
Try this: Do a chore which is normally on your mom's list (such as the dishes, dropping off younger siblings, or whatever) consistently for a week. Then ask. ;)
 
Had the same problem and I'm 14
So I went out and bought a Haier mini fridge and they work great.
If thats still too much trouble then just go down to a pet shop and buy a mouse each week for feeding.
 
Convince her to let you get a cute lizard "instead". Something with personality like a beardie. They make great pets, and you might find you really like them a lot once you have one. But more importantly, your mom is more likely to thaw towards reptiles in general, along with lizards in particular, after seeing how personable they can be, and not at all scary or gross.

I have known many people (usually guys) who were eventually able to get their wives or girlfriends into herps by starting them with leopard geckos or beardies. Maybe it will work with moms too.

After she gets used to the lizard, you can try to work up to a snake. If it doesn't work, at least you will have a great pet lizard, and can get a snake when you finally move out on your own.

Of course, if you don't like lizards, or have zero interest in them, you should not get one just to manipulate mom. But it is hard to imagine how anyone could NOT like a cute little beardie or leo, unless they dislike all reptiles.
 
Are you going on vacation any time soon to somewhere semi-tropical to tropical? Whenever I go to Florida I catch lizards all the time, so just show those to your mom. My mom actually touched my snake once by the way.
 
AhHAH!
Progress, albeit it minimal progress, is still progress!
I approached her saying that I found a solution to the mouse in the freezer problem. She said she didn't want to hear it because she just didn't want a snake in the house. I said "so dad was wrong, you are afraid to have a snake in the house..." Man she jumped on that so quickly, and said she wasn't afraid of the snake, and I said what then besides the food was the problem. She said it was because we have so many pets already *see sig*
She conceded that once all of my fish passed (poor fishies) I could get ONE of the following, one frog, one lizard or one snake. I of course chose the snake. And she remphizied that it had to be ALL of my fish. I said I wasn't planning on asking for the snake anyway untill my birthday which is 7 months away. And with my recent death streak of well...about to be 5 fish in 30 days :( I'm well on my way there.
So then she started to say "But I I thaw out one mouse-" and I said that's where the solution comes in. Since I work at petco/and there is a petstore with rodents 2 minutes away I could always just pick of the food the day of the feeding. OR if that still skivved her out I could try getting those sausages that I read about it Kathy's book. Despite the fact that it would still be ground mouse parts it didn't bother my mom as much since well...we eat ground animal parts all the time, just as long as I labeled it "NOT PEOPLE SAUSAGE".

Sorry for the long post, :)
 
Corny Noob said:
We eat ground animal parts all the time, just as long as I labeled it "NOT PEOPLE SAUSAGE".
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:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

That would be one heck of a mistake! Glad you got progress.
 
Well I also told her if she never said anything my dad might never notice, I mean honestly who pays attention to the mismosh of animals that are actually in a sausage :rolleyes:
 
Corny Noob said:
Well this just stinks, she told me she refused to have a snake in the house, especially since it'll have to eat mice. She didn't care that I could hide them in a tupperware container and said she refused to have dead mice in her freezer.

Living at home really bites some times :sobstory:
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That's why I moved out the month I turned 18 :rolleyes: :grin01: good ol' independance.

(looking back on it now... maybe not the best decision... but GOOD TIMES indeed) :cheers:
 
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