My own little controversial topic... Just how "weird" are we?!

[TandJ]

Tula rattled off the following..

However thats a big can of worms thats been opened - Christian rejection of snakes will probably always stick. My mother is devout and HATES snakes for that reason.

You, my Dear have never been to San Diego or the area.. *LOL* God fearing and some seriously snake loving folks down in those parts.. Might just be the Bible belt of the South Land..

I just find som many people are stero typing the critters.. Of course movies like "Snakes on a Plane" and "Anaconda" really don't help most folks with irrational fears to begin with.. :shrugs: :shrugs: :shrugs:


Regards... Tim of T and J

 

[tyflier]

Here...now you can give me a prisoner number, too ...

It's tough to find a picture of a fly fisherman actually fishing with a dour look on his face, though...

 

[diamondlil]

At work, the most negative reaction I get is from some of the nurses from the Phillipines or from India. They almost universally regard snakes as dangerous, I have explained patiently so they know mine aren't venomous, but they still can't understand why I'd want to keep them as pets. Most of my colleagues think I'm wierd anyway, so that's not just because of the snakes. The patients get quite excited, I think it gives them something more interesting to talk about when they're stuck in hospital. I've had to print off copies of pictures of the snakes for different patients quite often, and found them showing them to their visitors. Some of the long-term patients are following Skooge's progress with lots of questions, and a patient who's a regular always asks about Lil when she's back in for treatment

 

[SPJ]

Geesh, I log off for a little while and it looks like I'm being booked and printed. Now how did you know the number they assigned me?

If I only had photoshop. LOL. :grin01:
Time to run to Staples.

Now back to your regularly scheduled discussion. :cheers:

 

[snakemom1961]

I have to laugh at the people I work with. Any time I mention I have snakes they look at me and say YOU? Then I mention it's not just me but my daughters and they say NO WAY!
My ex and son BOTH have no idea what we see in our addiction...lol

People at work then ask "what do they eat?"
My reply is MICE(which i'm totally afraid of, even f/t unless thier in a baggy for me to handle). And THAT weirds them out.

I'm a factory rat, but still have most women and alot of guys thinking i'm CRAZY for having snakes and a tarantula as pets.

 

[cornmorphs]

Very true... But I think there is a certain look to "some" snake keepers. For example, I attend the Scottish Exotic Animals Society meetings once a month, and most members all have some sort of similar look? I can't pin point it but when you are in a room full of enthusiasts theres an aura :shrugs:

down here most are tattoed, 20 stone and bald.. and thats just the women :crazy02:

 

[starsevol]

I look like the LAST kind of person anyone would suspect of owning.....gasp.....SNAKES!

I am a dumpy middleaged business woman who resembles Molly Weasley alot more than Slash!

 

[Vinman]

Lets see the crazy flyfish man then....

And now Steve is a happy prisoner... Convicted of terrorising parents with his childrens pythons!!

I thought the same thing , it looks like a mug shoot . I took a couple of those in my time .

I used to walk around my neighborhood with my snake . A lot of people would come up to me and ask questions about them. Some were total scared and would cross to the other side of the street. I would try to explain to the people that were brave enuff to come up to me that were scared of reptiles, that most reptiles are harmless. Some, I would even convince to touch it , some even would have enuff guts to hold the snake. It would make me feel so good inside that I turned a snake hater around . A couple of peopl that I turned around went on to get a snake for a pet. Now I walk with my bearded dragon and do the same thing although it is much easer to convince people to overcome their fear of lizards than a snake.

 

[Russell]

Where I work, everyone knows I have snakes. I often bring my Reptiles magazine to work for reading at our break periods. And it's funny some of the reactions you get from new people. The often look shocked, look at the others around me like they need backup! LOL! But the rest of my coworkers, this is old news. To them now, they are my pets like their cats or dogs are their pets.

But just the other week one of the new forklift drivers about had a fit. She spotted me reading my cornsnake manual and asked, rather loudly.. OMG Russell, are you that bizarre? Your reading about SNAKES! (oh thank you for clarifying, I had no idea...) I just looked at her quick and said yep, and turned back to reading. LOL! She couldn't let it stop at that, asked if I liked them.

Yep.

Are you going to get one someday? (snicker to myself and snickers from coworkers around the room)

I have a couple.

You have snakes?

Yep.

How many?

about 100.

*gasp choke* Are you NUTS?

well at this point one of the smart alecs in the group starts in, yeah he's got giant pythons and Anacondas...*snicker snicker*

She gets really wide eyed and this look of total disgust...LOL!

Then the guy laughs at her and says, just kidding.

Yeah I only have small snakes, my biggest is only seven feet.

That's still too long and too many snakes for me!

He he he he...

Bell rings, back to work

later on the floor this same gal goes, hey you know, my kids would love to see them...

I'm like yeah, a lot of local kids do, school, church, library...my kids get around...

 

[SPJ]

People think I'm nuts when they find out I have $1000 plus snakes in my collection.

They can't understand paying that kind of money for a snake.

When I ask how much they paid for thier dog some have replied that they paid up to $2500 for one. But THAT's different. Yeah...in their minds it is.

 

[laceyjane260]

A friend of mine got me into snakes, so she and our mutual friends don't think us as any weirder than we were before.
The people I work with don't seem to mind much either. I've had a few pair of snakes delivered to me at work (since I wouldn't be home to sign for them). Both times turned into a lesson on snakes and why they are so darned cute. Even the few girls that were afraid asked questions and didn't mind them, so long as I didn't bring the snakes their way, of course.
The person I though I would have to convert was my mom. She surprised me when my 12 year old brother asked for one and she said yes. So long as he learned as mush as possible from me about their care. Her only thing was feeding it and felt much better when I explained why we don't feed live to snakes. Then all was ok. :crazy02:

 

[Plissken]

Luckily I don't get a lot of hassle about my snakes. I've had plenty of strange looks and the old "you keep SNAKES?" but never anyone telling me I'm outright weird or disgusting. Good thing too - I'm not sure why the pets I keep reverse the lack of right they have to insult me :shrugs:

The one that makes me laugh is when people back away from you, like you might have one in your pocket or something. Someone at work did that - he actually backed away from me when he learned of my snakes. Dunno if he thought I'd brought them all to the office with me.

 

[Tula_Montage]

down here most are tattoed, 20 stone and bald.. and thats just the women :crazy02:

Well yes a lot of us are tattood aswell... But I think thats a universal snake keeping thing - or so it seems.

 

[Lore]

Well yes a lot of us are tattood aswell... But I think thats a universal snake keeping thing - or so it seems.

I get called "Snake" at work. Course I'm already "The Odd One" simply because of the whole "Mother to Quadruplets" thing :shrugs: :grin01:

:-offtopic

Speaking of Tattoo's, ya I have a few, BUT in 17 days i'm traveling out of state to get one added to, that will involve a Corn Snake in it, stay tuned for that :cheers:

 

[Tula_Montage]

I get called "Snake" at work. Course I'm already "The Odd One" simply because of the whole "Mother to Quadruplets" thing :shrugs: :grin01:

:-offtopic

Speaking of Tattoo's, ya I have a few, BUT in 17 days i'm traveling out of state to get one added to, that will involve a Corn Snake in it, stay tuned for that :cheers:

Oh how exciting Please let us see when its all done

My next one will also include a snake, a boid of course

 

[SPJ]

Here's a question for everyone.

How many of you keep snakes but can't stand spiders?



I personally hate spiders (scorps are OK though :shrugs: ).
I have noticed over the years that a good number of the people who snakes do not like spiders.

 

[Tula_Montage]

Here's a question for everyone.

How many of you keep snakes but can't stand spiders?



I personally hate spiders (scorps are OK though :shrugs: ).
I have noticed over the years that a good number of the people who snakes do not like spiders.

ME! I'm terribly arachnophobic HOWEVER I do keep tarantulas AND scorpions They fascinate me no end!

Its little house spiders that send me screaming like a baby

 

[piscesgirl1984]

Don't know about you guys but I never claimed to be "normal".
I love telling people that I have a snake, most of the reactions are priceless. Then I get to say "well I also had rats before, and a squirrel, and a ...". Jaws drop even farther. I to am deathly afraid of spiders, especially the ones I find in the shower with me on beautiful spring mornings. It's a good thing we have one of those detachable showerhead sprayer thingys. I have piercings and I have tattoos. My snake is a watcher. I have a dog with epilepsy and another that has the exact personality I do. Am I normal, far from it, and my animals are crazy to. But the question is, how much fun would live be if you were normal? I personally love peoples reactions. :bang:

 

[Lore]

Here's a question for everyone.

How many of you keep snakes but can't stand spiders?



I personally hate spiders (scorps are OK though :shrugs: ).
I have noticed over the years that a good number of the people who snakes do not like spiders.

I am scared of spiders, crickets, butterflies, bees... if its an insect, I run in terror!!! Ladybugs! :eek1:

Seriously... I'm all out bug'a-phobic! :sidestep:

 

[tyflier]

I am not a big fan of spiders. I don't really fear them, per se, because they die easily. But since I can't identify them, and we have some dangerous ones around, I try to avoid them if at all possible.

I AM, however, afraid of flying insects. I don't like bugs that fly unless I can positively identify it mid-air...which is only with the ones important to fish. It's really quite funny...I admittedly run away screaming like a girl. Bats, too...