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

Age:28
Occupation:ASE certified collision repair tech/painter custom work and restorations(tuners, hot rods, muscle cars, motorcycles, etc...) and I assemble all my own engines for MY cars, custom car stereo, home rehabilitations, Real estate title recording/abstracting, ex certified pharmacy tech, plumber, pretty much your Jack of all trades!

What snakes do you own?:currently 3 female ball morphs(fire, mojave, albino), 1.5 boas 5 BCI 1 BCC, 1.1 corns, o.1 het albino western hognose(albino male poss het snow coming soon!)

Why do you keep snakes?:They are my life and my passion! Always have been and always will be.

What other animals do you have?:2.4 leos, 1.1.4 crested geckos, 0.2 Gargoyle geckos, 0.0.1 columbian gold tegu, 1.0 adult argentine tegu coming soon, 2.3 bearded dragons, 2.1 dogs(jack russell/min pin mix, pomeranian/shih tzu mix, american pit bull), 1.0 one eyed kitty, 3.3 bunnies(not feeders! Lol!), lobster roaches(feeders) and a freezer full of rodents!

What other hobbies do you enjoy?:Playing guitar, field herping(catch and release), fishing, hiking, anything outdoorsy, drag racing, american muscle cars/hot rods, spending time with friends and family.

Anything else to add?:Relocated last year from Pa to MD due to a 5 hour drive daily to and from work and went from a 2600sq ft townhome to an apartment causing me to downsize my collection by atleast 90%

(Optional) Picture:Me and Lorenzo AKA Renzo after a long day at work! My baby "Baby", my little man Bear and Jack the one eyed cat!

Age:18
Occupation: Pro lawn clean up and Dead tree removal, studying for a degree herpetology, reptile Show person(?)
What snakes do you own?: Burms,retics,boas,carpets,balls,kings,etc
Why do you keep snakes?: My father has a degree in herpetology and loved snakes before I was born I was raised with them the gene Caught on in the early years
What other animals do you have?: Dogs,cats,monitors,tegus,birds,swans,chickens,rabb its,rats,ducks.
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Weightlifting, paintball , Tae kwon do, church activities,fishing,swimming, Cos-play, guitar, keyboard, etc.
Anything else to add?: Snakes rules XP
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In the pictures, first two are of me, 3rd is of my father and my 20 foot yellow head retic and the one after is of her as well.

Age: 37
Occupation: Federal Correctional Officer / Small time snake breeder
What snakes do you own?: Corns, Kings, Milks, Hoggies, Boas, Balls, Gophers, Bulls, Rats, Racers
Why do you keep snakes?: Everyone has cats and dogs... I want to be different. Plus Im addicted
What other animals do you have?: Cats, dogs, fish, rodents, roaches, tarantulas, scorps
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Nature Photograpy, hiking, camping
Anything else to add?: Only that I have nothing else to add
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I really enjoy reading all these posts! Keep 'em comin'!

Age: 27
Occupation: Pet Store/Retail
What snakes do you own?: 3 Royal Pythons, 1 Blood Python, 1 Striped Cal King
Why do you keep snakes?: I find them fascinating, and low maintenance pets. Snakes have always been an interest of mine.
What other animals do you have?: Savannah Monitor, Bearded Dragon, Spiders, Roaches, Box Turtle, and a Tokay Gecko.
What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Biking, Camping, Discgolf, Darts.
Anything else to add?:
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Age: 20

Occupation: Student; double major in biology and business.

What snakes do you own?: 12 ball pythons (2.0 pastel/pastel het OG, 3.4 reduced pattern babies, 1.0 het pied, 1.1 normals), 1.1 king snakes (banded cali king and florida), 1.1 Dumeril Boas, 0.1 Columbian Red Tail, 1.0 Orange phase Amazon Tree Boa

Why do you keep snakes?: Enjoyment and plan to breed them in the future.

What other animals do you have?: 2.5 Leopard Geckos (1.0 Mack snow Enigma het raptor, 1.0 Ember, 0.2 Rainwater het patternless, 0.2 Normals, 0.1 shtct), 0.1 Crested Gecko, Colony of dubia roaches, 0.1 Sandfire X Hypo Pastel X Lueistic Bearded Dragon, 1.0 Pitbull, 2.0 Himilayan kitties

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Reading

Anything else to add?: It is so funny to see the reaction of people when I say I own 27 reptiles.

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Age: 38
Occupation: Nuclear security officer/alarm station operator.

What snakes do you own?: Couple dozen ball pythons and 3 red tail boas.

Why do you keep snakes?: Its a hobbie i like and it pays for all my toys.

What other animals do you have?: White german shepherd, Hundreds of african soft furred rats and a few dumbo rats.

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: Guns,racing my motorcycle,scuba diving.
Anything else to add?: Too tired to think of anything right now.
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My son Ethan with one of my sniper rifles.


My son again with Dargo


Me at work


Ethan and i.


My dog tyler

Forgot to add my motorcycle hehe.



And my wifes Motorcycle

Age: 29
Occupation: Retail @ a pet food and supply store

What snakes do you own?: boas and ball pythons

Why do you keep snakes?: fell in love with them as a kid.. so started by caring for the high school snakes.. then rescued my first 2 .. and it just.. happened. LOL

What other animals do you have?: cat, dog, birds, bearded dragons, leopard geckos

What other hobbies do you enjoy?: MUSIC! (singing, playing, everything) Photography, making jewelry, drawing/painting

Anything else to add?: numbers.. numbers are good to add..

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I think everyone has already seen me at this point. but.. here I guess


and here is one from my birthday a couple weeks ago

Well hello fellow Minnesotan! :D