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My Emotional Journey!

Pet Corn Snake

Pet Corn Snake

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Hey! Every since I was little, i was really scared of snakes, i always thought they were nasty, my dad had one when i was younger, and he used to let me handle it, knowing it was evil, and it scared me, meh.. so i was always worried about the whole "snake thing" and when i went on my holiday to Cyprus at around 9 years old, a snake jumped out on me, it was striking, and after reading my grandads snake books, i knew he wasn't the "pet king" my mum and brother stepped back, but out of total fear i ran towards it, my dad grabbed me just in time, if i had been bitten, i would have been dead fairly shortly after probably, my granddad come running out of his house and he was forced to kill it, because it kept striking, so yea, i always liked reptiles, and around November i was watching a Steve Irwin program and the way he related to snakes was amazing, i thought to myself, i really want a snake, i really want to like them instead of fear them, Damien, Pre-Named.. i wanted to call my first snake Damien for a long time, and my next one will be a really unusual name : ) when i got Damien i was really scared of him, he would strike at me allot, and go hard if he didn't want to move the way i wanted him to, e.g if he wanted to go down my top and i didn't want him too, and he would wrap around my wrists and stop my blood in my vanes, he knew this hert me :/ anyways, first it started, my mums boyfriend would get him out for me "hard for him because hes scared" and i would hold him, anyways, one night i thought, i wonder if hes scared of me? so.. the next morning, i woke, washed my hands, and got him out, we really connected, and after about 2 weeks or so of constand handling, we formed a really good friendship! Damien means the world to me now, and being scared of the little thing is last on my mind!! : )


Just thought i would share this with you guys, its been hard for me, but I'm looking into getting another snake soon : )
 
Congrats George on overcoming your fear. I'm proud of how you have handled yourself with Damien. I'm sure you will do fine with your next snake as well.
 
Nice post, George. You told the story well. What your dad did was wrong, and overcoming the fear is a big achievement :cheers: <- juice for you!
 
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