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

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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Originally Posted by metaldad904

Anything else to add?: That i'm awesome

LOL.. you forgot to add modest.. LOL

Originally Posted by Miss Tuniwha

LOL.. you forgot to add modest.. LOL

LOL aren't I? Hehe...i'm rly not that full of myself, i just like to think i am

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

Originally Posted by dheideman

Anything else to add?: Nah

**taps on shoulder**

You forgot the photo

Originally Posted by Southern Wolf

**taps on shoulder**

You forgot the photo

That would be because I'm extremely self conscious

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.

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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