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humbleinspirit -> Handling Snakes (8/16/2008 11:45:01 AM)

Do you like snakes? If so, do you have them as pets? Do you handle them at all or do they give you the creeps instead?

In the past, I used to think that it was quite eerie or unusual for a woman to like and handle snakes, but not anymore though. I am just wondering if you are a snake handler at all? [:D]



artemis -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/16/2008 11:51:02 AM)

Snake handling? I don't go to that kind of a church [;)]

I don't have a problem holding a snake that I know isn't poisonous, but I'm not about to pick one up in the wild. Same goes for most animals, though. If I know it's safe, I'll hold/pet/whatever the animal, but I don't go around touching anything I don't know about... from snakes to chipmunks to stray dogs.



Ps103 -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/16/2008 12:45:36 PM)

They are loathesome to me. I understand that some people like them a lot, but I am not one of them.



car2ner -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/16/2008 12:48:47 PM)

I'll respectfully watch a wild snake from a distance, although I have picked up small ones when it was cool outside and the snake was moving slowly.

Pet snakes, I've held those and enjoyed it. Would I own a snake as a pet? Nah, not my idea of fun.



PrincessButtercup -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/16/2008 7:07:54 PM)

I'm absolutely terrified of snakes. I don't want to be within 100 yards of one, much less have one as a pet. [:'(]



ebony101 -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/17/2008 5:19:42 AM)

Ewww snakes. Don't want to have to deal with them unnecessarily.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/17/2008 11:33:18 AM)

I don't like them. My mother always hated them, so I suppose that's how I came to. Her brothers teased her with them when they were camping.

Anyway, Cindybode's daughter, and her daughter's dog and snake, stayed with me for a month, and I survived. But I did not play with it.

I do have a friend, who is female, whose dad was a biology teacher, and she loves snakes and also has a pet tarantula. That she lets crawl on her face.[&:]



OneOfHisJewels -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/17/2008 6:08:43 PM)

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ORIGINAL: PrincessButtercup

I'm absolutely terrified of snakes. I don't want to be within 100 yards of one, much less have one as a pet. [:'(]


same here



PrincessButtercup -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/17/2008 10:14:27 PM)

It's funny, I was at the zoo with my family and walked past some snake exibits. There was a huge anaconda in one closed in space, and even though the glass was 6+ inches thick, I still found myself walking as close as I could to the opposite wall. *wuss*



sunshine4God -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/17/2008 10:27:44 PM)

I am very afraid of snakes as well.My brother used to have a pet snake and man was it creepy.



BugLady -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/18/2008 12:25:42 AM)

I remember many years ago attending a party where the occupants of the house had pet snakes. Rattle snakes. It's the first time I remember ever demanding my way. GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!!!



beachcooky -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/18/2008 1:37:08 AM)

I hate snakes. You have no clue.
I used to have nightmares about them (seriously).
I'd wake up and start crying for my parents, haha.

I was--and still am--petrified of snakes.



CoeurdeLeon_ -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/18/2008 8:17:31 AM)

I had a pet constrictor as a teenager. His name was Houdini and he was VERY cool. Unfortunately, I overfed the poor thing (you have no idea how hard it was for me to feed something only every 2 weeks) and he died.[&o]



miasma -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/18/2008 10:57:32 AM)

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Do you like snakes?


Not particularly.

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Do you handle them at all or do they give you the creeps instead?


I do what I have to do. I certainly don't believe in "snake handling."



42servehymn -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/18/2008 6:52:02 PM)

I don't know that I would go so far as to say I "like" them but I am somewhat fascinated by them. Several years ago I worked at an elementary school and did a study unit on snakes. At the end of the unit I had a reptile man come out and bring several of his critters along. I draped a boa constrictor over my neck and had my picture taken. I wa surprised at how cool it felt. I guess I am used to mammals. Also my sons have captured many snakes over the years and kept them in tanks in the house. We actually had garter snake babies on two occasions. The first one had 13 babies and the last one had about 30 or so. We have also had a bull snakeand a couple of racers (my least favorite).



Sideways -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/18/2008 7:18:07 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: beachcooky

I hate snakes. You have no clue.
I used to have nightmares about them (seriously).
I'd wake up and start crying for my parents, haha.

I was--and still am--petrified of snakes.


Me too. My worst nightmares still include either snakes or loosing my teeth (I had some traumatic experiences with a dentist).



ChiefWannahakaloogie -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/18/2008 8:25:45 PM)

im not scared of them. i think they are nasty though. but where we live they show up from time to time, so i just get my brother or dad to chop their heads off [8D]

i've found rattlesnakes here before. and just regular garden snakes. either way i dont really care, but i'd rather not have them around.



beachcooky -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/19/2008 12:03:18 AM)

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Me too. My worst nightmares still include either snakes or loosing my teeth (I had some traumatic experiences with a dentist).


Oh my gosh! Just a few nights ago, I dreamt I lost all my teeth. It was creepy. I used to be really scared of doctors when I was growing up. Cos I got tubes put in my ears at age 2...so it's like, "doctors are scary!" haha.



car2ner -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/19/2008 1:01:40 PM)

any of you have any insight as to why you are afraid of snakes? I really don't understand that at all.



phosadaud -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/19/2008 4:23:36 PM)

I can't say I'd be happy to find a rattler in my backyard (I tend to steer clear of things that can hospitalize or kill me - I'm funny that way...), but I like snakes. I actually think they are pretty cool. I remember in high school once, a friend and I found a nest of baby garter snakes at a camp. All the guys were freaked out and we were hovering over it oohing and aahing at how cute they were. [8D]However, I haven't handled many because I believe in leaving wildlife alone (watch, don't touch). I also am not a fan of keeping various creatures as pets. Seems kind of cruel to be to stick a wild creature in a tiny cage and think it will be happy but that's just me.

But, yes, I have held and "petted" a few over the years.





Spiders on the other hand should all die.



bootsNspurs_mod -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/20/2008 12:03:52 AM)

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Spiders on the other hand should all die.


Whole-heartedly agreed.

While I don't believe in snake handling, I love snakes. I am nervous about encountering a poisonous one, though. I don't have a snake as a pet (but I would like to). The big things stopping me are 1) cost and 2) I love mice.. so I would probly cry whenever I fed the snake... LOL.

I have caught snakes in the wild once or twice with some friends and cousins. They're cute! Also have held friends' pet snakes before.



Anamchara -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/21/2008 7:27:30 PM)

Well I certainly wouldnt call myself a snack handler...do I like them no. Am I affraid to go out in the yard and chop its head off with a hoe if needed to be no. I would much rather deal with a snake than any four legged rodent running through the house. That gives me nightmares to even think about, and I would be hanging from the chandeler until someone came over to trap it :)



42servehymn -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/21/2008 8:11:10 PM)

Anamchara halleluia and amen! When my boys first started capturing snakes we were living in a house that was prone to mice. I had visions of letting the snakes loose in the cupboards. I never actually did it though. We didn't usually keep our snakes long term. My husband and sons usually go out on Fathers Day and then release any critters by Labor Day at the latest. They enjoyed observing them and watching them shed their skins and of course holding them.



Catalpa -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/21/2008 9:46:15 PM)

I hate snakes. Not due to anything in my experience, I think it's an instictive revulsion that goes all the way back to Eve. They're just too creepy-crawly nasty.

Spiders rank right up there, too.



rgod -> RE: Handling Snakes (8/22/2008 7:19:52 PM)

When I was a little girl, a snake handler came to class with a huge boa constrictor. We could touch the snake if we wanted to. They were trying to teach us how to recognize dangerous from safe snakes. There was some rhyme about snake colors - red and yellow kills a fellow, if it is black stay way back, if it is brown stick around or something like that. I lived in Texas at the time. Come to think of it ... I think this could have only happened in Texas. Anyway, being the type of kid I was, I just had to touch it - so I did. Several times. It was cold and dry - not unpleasant at all.

Well, I no longer live in Texas, and my sissy quotient is now considerably higher. A couple of months ago I walked down a path near my house and noticed a menacing black slithering snake with little beady eyes. It was inching towards me (Eeeek!!!) Well, needless to say, I have not walked down that path since. On some level, I think that if I go back, there is a fair chance that the snake might be waiting for me -- along with a couple of his killing buddies.



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