A Study on Those Who Keep Snakes... sort of

Age: 19
Occupation: Pet Store Sales Associate
What snakes do you own?: 1.2 Argentine Boas, 1.1 Red Tail Boas, 3.1 Ball Pythons, 2.2 Kenyan Sand Boas, 1.1 Borneo Short Tail Pythons, 1.0 Pure Jungle Carpet Python
Why do you keep snakes?: My boyfriend and I are going to get into breeding, plus I love having them as pets.
What other animals do you have?: 1.0 Cur Dogs, 0.0.1 Green Cheek Conure, 1.0 Rabbit, SAlt Water Tank, Horses
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Horseback riding
Anything else to add?: I am a very small stature and I own a 7ft, 17.5lb Argentine Boa. I must say it is very funny to see me carrying her
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Age:22
Occupationeli worker at shoprite
What snakes do you own?:3 red tail boas, 2 ball pythons, 2 carpet pythons, 1 bredli python, and one corn snake
Why do you keep snakes?:Just incredible animals to me and they are beautiful to look at
What other animals do you have?:Sulcata Tortoise, B+W Tegu, bearded dragon, Green iguana and a kitten
What other hobbies do you enjoy?:Hiking, fishing, boating, anything outdoors really oh and line dancing
Anything else to add?:Glad people are doing this i try all the time to change peoples opinions
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Age:30
Occupation: Consultant
What snakes do you own?:Breed Gopher morphs and BRBs
Why do you keep snakes?:Look great, easy, fascinating genetics
What other animals do you have?:2 pound puppies, cockatiel, red ear slider, 90g saltwater tank, F2 Jungle Cat hybrid, misc wild-caught reptiles/amphibians that the kids bring in.
What other hobbies do you enjoy?:anything outdoors
Anything else to add?:
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Age: 19
Occupation: Art student, face painter at children's parties
What snakes do you own?: 3 ball pythons, boa, and a carpet python (soon trading for a Dumeril's boa)
Why do you keep snakes?: Because they're beautiful, fascinating, and misunderstood. They're some of the best pets I've ever had, and I've had a lot.
What other animals do you have?: At the moment, a boxer/Staffordshire bull terrier mix and a freshwater community fish tank. In the past I've had hamsters, leopard geckos, green and Bahaman anoles, a collared lizards, a few fish tanks, bettas, and a cat
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Drawing, comics, moviegoing....but mostly drawing.
Anything else to add?: I'm an atheist, not a satanist, and my snakes are my kids, not my trophies. I love them just as much as "normal" pet owners love their animals.
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Originally Posted by pastytyler44

correction its 11 ball pythons, not 12, and more pics

The Boston terrier looks to be boss over the English bull ? Love that pic .

Thats just a great pic to see.

Originally Posted by sir666python

Age:18
Occupation: little caesars
What snakes do you own?: ball pythons and boas
Why do you keep snakes?: My dad always had snakes as i was growing up and i've herped as long as i can remember.
What other animals do you have?: bearded dragons, rats, 2 pit bulls, and a cat
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: art, herping, xbox, sports such as swiming and football, and being on fauna lol
Anything else to add?: want to know if 66% hets are worth trying to prove out....

pic1 me
pic2 fishing
pic3 my art [paint]
pic4 my art [color penical]

IMO,yes,66% hets are worth trying to prove out.Especially if a high end snake .
I have 2 that will prove themselves this year i hope. Next at the latest.

Age: 28
Occupation: Automotive Service Manager
What snakes do you own?: At one time I had a mixture of 70 + boas, pythons and colubrids, but now that I have the family life, I am down to 1 male super hypo jungle, 1 female super hypo and 1 female hybrid jungle.
Why do you keep snakes?: I grew up with a love for the outdoors, including animals. As a kid I can remember catching all kinds of critters, but couldn't keep any. Once I was old enough to properly take care of my own pet, a snake was my first choice and always will be.
What other animals do you have?: Other than my snakes, I have a mixture of chickens, turkeys and ducks, 1 boxer, 1 yorkie-poo, 1 silkie yorkie and a cat.
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Hiking, camping, swimming, bike riding, motocross, farming and wood working.
Anything else to add?: I live in good ole Southern Illinois.(Optional) Picture:

Age: 15
Occupation: N/A
What snakes do you own?: Only a rosy boa at the moment.
Why do you keep snakes?:Because I think they're beautiful, fascinating creatures.
What other animals do you have?: 4 birds, 3 cats, 4 dogs... and a fish.
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Cosplaying/costuming
Anything else to add?: Nope
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Originally Posted by Reisreptiles

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Cosplaying/costuming

very pretty!
What genre/fandom do you typically cosplay?

Age: 48
Occupation: Process Engineer
What snakes do you own?: Ball pythons, retic
Why do you keep snakes?: Fascinating creatures to experiment with genetics
What other animals do you have?: Pit bull, german shepherd, mice and rats
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: reptiles, salt water aquaria, power lifting, computers, guns, marksmanship, autos, astronomy, shark fishing, motorcycles, gunsmithing

Me and IFBB mr Olympia Dexter Jackson


Used to be single so my bachelor pad was a bit dirty and full of man stuff


One of the toys

Track bike