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What turned you on?

I always thought that I wanted a snake when I was little (4 or 5). I don't really know why, I'd never even seen or held one before. But, I used to always ask my mom if I could have one and I told her "don't worry, I'll keep it in the bathtub!". Needless to say, she always said no. I really don't know what I would've done if she had said yes. lol

So skip forward about 10 years. I started wanting a pet that was "different". I'd already had cats, dogs, and a potbellied pig, (which I kept in the house. hehe) but I wanted something...exotic. So when a new pet store opened up near me I decided to go there and see what they had. My original reason for going was to look at the lizards...but then I realized I'm terrified of little lizards (they move way too fast and any lizard I've encountered always jumps on me). So I was looking at their reptiles and saw, what they had labeled as, a legless lizard. I thought "hey, that would be cool, cause without legs it can't jump on me!". So I went home and starting researching "legless lizards". Before long I realized that I didn't like the way they looked at all...they kind of freaked me out. Then I had one of those lightbulb moments and realized that I could just get a snake. So I did a search on the best beginner snakes and found ball pythons, corn snakes, king snakes, rubber boas, etc. After looking up pictures of corns I fell in love, and instantly knew that was the kind of snake I wanted.

So skip forward about 8 months of research. I finally have my little snake, and I'm delighted with her. I've only had her two weeks and the addiction is already coming on strong! Of course, the photo gallery and general chit chat aren't helping either. I'm already thinking of what I could pawn to get an MBK!
 
My then 4 year old son wanted one this time last year. My wife and I looked around and decided a corn wouldn't be bad, so we got one. Then our 13 year old daughter decided she liked the idea too. She did a lot a research, even calling Kathy Love and Don Soderberg, and decided to use her birthday money to buy a couple. Then our 7 year old daughter decided she liked them too and wanted one in her room. By the end of last summer I was the one suffering full blown corn addiction and ended up with with several more. We now have 10 and will probably end up with a few more this year. Personally, I never liked snakes as a kid but find them very interesting now.

Plus, a lawyer keeping snakes is an interesting or humorous conversation sometimes.
 
I just can't help but be fascinated by them. They're so versatile and adaptable, and they've been around forever... and they don't even have legs.

Being brought up by a zealous Christian mother who thought they were the incarnation of all things evil probably helped persuade me to get one, too. :grin01:
 
plasticknives said:
This is a pretty neat story!

I used to be that kid... I had the snake and the other kids would run away from it....
but I never chased them. I'd sit with the snake, unconcerned with everything else, and kids would come up to see what I was so fascinated with, take one look, and runnnnn awwayyyy.

A few would keep their distance and watch, but there were not many brave enough to come see.... funny because of how sweet the garters were.



Nanci, I'm still in love with garters too, I don't know why I used past tense! It's illegal to keep native species here though, so there will be no garters in my house.... only beautiful corns, and maybe a ball python or two. :)
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My daughter took our Tiaga to school for her biology class last year. Tiaga was in a small viv and Rebecca felt sorry for her so took her out at thier lunch time. While she was in the hallway with the snake ,one of the other students freaked out and told the principle. He came to talk to her about the snake(which he was afraid of) and told her if the snake wasn't taken home that day she and the teacher would be held accountable for making the rest of the student body not being able to continue with thier studies in a manner they were able to before....WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THAT!.. I hope more schools are willing to have "different" animals in thier classrooms. The emotional connection kids get from a classroom pet is immeasureable and also the way these kids connect with others is insurmountable to thier education.
 
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