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

Age: 21
Occupation: manufacturing plant machine operator
What snakes do you own?: 2 boas, female albino triple het, male sunglow trip het
Why do you keep snakes?: I have loved them since I was a kid, they are my favorite animals, and I'm trying to start a little breeding business
What other animals do you have?: great dane, cat
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: researching- everything, music, and...idk, work too much lol
Anything else to add?: this is a great idea!
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Age: 26
Occupation: Reptile care/sales/Education Programs/ Dog Training/Consulting

What snakes do you own?:
1.0 Columbian Boa (BCI)
0.1 Hypo Salmon Boa (BCI)
0.1 Taiwan Beauty Snake
1.0 Vietnam Blue Beauty Snake
0.1 Thai Bamboo Rat Snake
1.0 Bloodred Corn Snake
0.1 Hypo Corn Snake
1.0 Okeetee Corn Snake
1.0 Blood Python
1.0 Normal Royal Python

Why do you keep snakes?: Stared with one and fell in love with them.

What other animals do you have?:
1.1 Belgian Malinois
1.0 West German Shepherd Dog
0.1 American Toad
1 Dubia Roach Colony

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Police/Protection Dog Sports, guns, backpacking, biking


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Age:36
Occupation: System technician for a major telecom company. I work in casinos, government installations and major corporate campuses delivering high bandwidth data systems.

What snakes do you own?: Currently king snakes and a milk snake, in the past Burms and retics.

Why do you keep snakes?: Name one type animal that has mastered swimming, moving on land, burrowing, and climbing? That would be snakes. They simply fascinate me.

What other animals do you have?: Monitor, frogs, anoles, rescued greyhound. When I get my house (under contract!) I will be adding others.

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Scuba diving, cycling, camping.

Anything else to add?: I volunteer as a diver at a local aquarium, so not only do I love spending time with snakes, but sharks are high on my list.
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Here is me...behind the glass where I belong:yesnod:
 
Age: 27
Occupation: Departmental Supervisor for an Asset Buying/Management Firm
What snakes do you own?: 0.1 Western Hognose, 0.1 Coastal Carpet, 0.1 Aru Scrub....have kept burms, retics, boas and so on as well.
Why do you keep snakes?: Everything about them is just fascinating to me and has been since i was a little kid.
What other animals do you have?: 0.1 Rosehair tarantula, 0.1 Blue Pit Bull, 0.0.2 Giant Millipedes
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Music, Sketching, Baseball, Football, Writing.
Anything else to add?: That i'm awesome :)
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Age: 29 (and female -- big misconception that "girls don't dig snakes")

Occupation: assistant manager, fish & reptile store

What snakes do you own?: 3 kenyan sand boas, about to acquire 3 corn snakes

Why do you keep snakes?: My love of reptiles grew out of my love of fish; likewise my love of snakes grew out of my love of my crested geckos. The more I worked with them at the store I'm at, the more fond of the critters I got.

What other animals do you have?: 3 cats, 1 sheltie, tons of other herps -- primarily crested geckos, but also gargoyle geckos, pictus geckos, leopard geckos, fat-tailed geckos, ocellated skinks, gonatodes albogularis, electric blue day geckos, and a 3-toed box turtle

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Gardening, fishkeeping (on the board of the local aquarium society), reading, writing, politics junkie

Anything else to add?: Nah
 
Age: 55

Occupation: Correctional Officer

What snakes do you own?: Retics, Burms, Boa Constrictors, 1 Dumeril's Boa 2 Piebald Ball Pythons, 1 Blood Python, 1 Coastal Carpet Python, Cal-Kings, Corns, & 1 Hognose.

Why do you keep snakes?: Have loved all animals & reptiles since very young. Just something about snakes that intrigues me, not to mention ease of care compared to my other animals. :yesnod:

What other animals do you have?: Dogs, chinchillas, 1 crested gecko, 1 hedgehog.

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Weaving, various types of crafts.

Anything else to add?: Nothing interesting.

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wow De'Andrea, I hope to look half that good at 55 (ok, 53..)! you look great!

It's really fun to see so many different age groups and backgrounds on here
 
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wow De'Andrea, I hope to look half that good at 55 (ok, 53..)! you look great!

It's really fun to see so many different age groups and backgrounds on here
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Thanks April, I wished I Felt that way. :rolleyes: Just never have liked pics of me. I don't take many pics, but I also like seeing what the folks I interact with look like so figured I'd give in & post one. Kinda' makes it feel like you know them a little better. :thumbsup:
 
Age: 36
Occupation: Client Liaison
What snakes do you own?: 1.1 Black Milks, 1.0 E. Indigo, 1.0 Luecistic S. Pine, 1.0 El Rosario Rosy Boa, 0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
Why do you keep snakes?: Have adored them since I was a kid. Dont know why, I just cant get enough of them.
What other animals do you have?: 3 dogs, 1 cat, 1 Goldfish
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: musical theatre, acting, singing, guitar, basketball, soccer, table tennis, tennis, volleyball
Anything else to add?: My fiance is a hairdresser who does musical theatre and sings as well, she has 2 snakes
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Age: 20
Occupation: Rotor Aviatior (Commercial Certificate), Herpetology Conservation Educator.
What snakes do you own?: 0.1 Pastave bp, 1.1 Pewter bp, 1. Mojave Fire bp, 0.1 Spider bp, 0.2 Butter bp, 1.1 Cinnamon bp, 0.1 Vin Russo Het White Diamond bp, 0.1 WC Axanthic bp, 0.1 Normal bp, 0.1 Mojave bp, 1.0 CanaryxBiak green tree python
Why do you keep snakes?:Started off as having show animals, but quickly turned into a breeding obsession
What other animals do you have?:0.0.2 Pacman Frogs, 0.2 Red Crested Geckos, 1.1 Sandfire Bearded Dragons
What other hobbies do you enjoy?:Flying helis, paintball, field herping
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Age: 36
Occupation: self employed cabinet maker
What snakes do you own?:
1.2 A. dumerilli
1.1 B.c.constrictor (Peruvian red tails)
2.3 L.t. honderensis
2.2 P.m.sayi
2.3 L.g.holbrooki
5.8 P.guttatus (Okeetees and reverses)
2.3 Eublepharis macularius

Why do you keep snakes?:
I've always been fascinated with reptiles. I enjoy interacting with them and still feel like a child when I have eggs hatch or a liter is born. I've been breeding as a hobby for quite some time now and after having kept multiple species I have finely figured out what animals I enjoy working with the most. While I do intend to get out of red tail boas in the future here is a list of species that my family and I intend on rounding out our colony with in the future:
2.2 Morelia bredli
2.2 Drymarchon corais (red chin)
2.2 L.t.annulata
2.6 Opheiodryas aestivus

What other animals do you have?:
Bouvier Des Flandres
Cat
Fish (Salt and Fresh)

What other hobbies do you enjoy?:
Woodworking
Reading anything I can get a hold of on reptiles
Music (guitar)
Weightlifting
Football
Gardening

Anything else to add?: I am extremely lucky to have a wife and kids that enjoy this hobby as much as I do.
 
Age: 44
Occupation: Retail
What snakes do you own?: Currently 2 balls, 2 jungle carpets, 4 corns, 1 brazilian rainbow and 1 hypo central american boa.
Why do you keep snakes?: I have been interested since I held my first snake at 22 but thought I'd never be able to feed them the cute fuzzy animals that I've always kept as pets. However, I fell in love with my first ball last september the minute I held her. And I thought I 'd give it a try and haven't looked back since. I like that they are low maintenance and a really relaxing to handle. I am fascinated by everything about them.
What other animals do you have?: 2 small dogs, 3 cats and 2 dumbo rats.
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Reading, movies, cooking, crafts, painting...just about anything really.
Anything else to add?: I think this is a really cool idea because I have always been interested in what kind of people own snakes. There seems to be so many common interests among snake owners too.
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Age: 21
Occupation: Student: Occupational & Environmental Health Sciences
What snakes do you own?: Ball pythons and a Hogg Island Boa
Why do you keep snakes?: I've always liked reptiles as pets. Being furry is overrated.
What other animals do you have?: Golden retriever
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: love sports, parties, sleep lol, and just hanging out with friends
Anything else to add?: Check out my youtube page I just started. There will be more added shortly.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mschmied89?feature=mhum

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Age:15 (almost 16)
Occupation:High school student; hopful herpetologist, conservationist
What snakes do you own?:1.0.1 yellow phase common garters
Why do you keep snakes?:Reptiles are awesome!
What other animals do you have?:1.1 bearded dragons
What other hobbies do you enjoy?:Fishing; Field Herping; Reading (about reptiles lol); Being lazy and watiching tv
Anything else to add?:Don't hate, we can have vemonous snakes on your doorstep within hours. Oh and yeahhh I'm number 100!!!!
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