Do people think your weird?

[HABU]

muggy here now. only 65f now at 5:10am. and you guys have trouble keeping your snakes warm!. i have to unplug stuff.

[Jinx]

Originally Posted by HABU

muggy here now. only 65f now at 5:10am. and you guys have trouble keeping your snakes warm!. i have to unplug stuff.

Well i live in the south, and it's been boiling! In the summer i have to unplug stuff too, as my reptile room is only small and gets warm, thermostats dont do anything all they can do is just turn off,lol, so i have to replace bulbs with energy saving ones so they give off light but no heat.
I need air conditioning in that room.lol

[HABU]

i hear ya!!

[spider_mad]

On the flip side whenever someone says why do you want or keep snakes and spiders my answer is always and always will be "Why not?" and I find them more interesting than a bunny rabbit or cats and dogs. I have a cat and love cats and dogs but reptiles and arachnids are a completely different world and can become so absorbed into it. Like all those old women who have cats that just look like a ball of fur the size of a coffee table entering them into shows to me it seems weird to parade dogs and cats at a show but each to their own and I never judge people on their interests. People who are in the norm and follow everyone like sheep happen to be very small minded when it comes to things they dont understand. Thats what bugs me with society they are way too close minded and if you are different and a weirdo. "people laugh at me cos im different well i laugh at them cos they are both the same". I have to say recently all my uni mates have seen my snakes and spiders and all fell in love with them and want their own. Yay power of persuasion! Some were scared and once they felt the smooth silky feel of the snake they loved it.
People should be educated about reptiles and archnids from a young age and to be brought up to see them for what they are and not preconceptions and opinions before knowing anything

[HABU]

hey, spidermad, you should have seen the 70's!!

[Ssthisto]

Originally Posted by Kellogscornsnake!

i was thinking this along with r5_gt-turbo the other day when was the word slimey linked with snakes and why? its such a stereotypical world heh?

Because humans have racial memories of something that is snake-shaped, slimy and potentially dangerous to a semi-aquatic wading ape... eels.

[Jinx]

Originally Posted by spider_mad

On the flip side whenever someone says why do you want or keep snakes and spiders my answer is always and always will be "Why not?" and I find them more interesting than a bunny rabbit or cats and dogs. I have a cat and love cats and dogs but reptiles and arachnids are a completely different world and can become so absorbed into it. Like all those old women who have cats that just look like a ball of fur the size of a coffee table entering them into shows to me it seems weird to parade dogs and cats at a show but each to their own and I never judge people on their interests. People who are in the norm and follow everyone like sheep happen to be very small minded when it comes to things they dont understand. Thats what bugs me with society they are way too close minded and if you are different and a weirdo. "people laugh at me cos im different well i laugh at them cos they are both the same". I have to say recently all my uni mates have seen my snakes and spiders and all fell in love with them and want their own. Yay power of persuasion! Some were scared and once they felt the smooth silky feel of the snake they loved it.
People should be educated about reptiles and archnids from a young age and to be brought up to see them for what they are and not preconceptions and opinions before knowing anything

Going on a bit why people like reptiles...
I think as well as our own personal love and reasons for loving reptiles and the likes, we dont get many in this country. certainly not the variety that inhabit the rest of the world!
I still think my gold fish are a amazing and my tropical fish. To think they live in the water in some other country and their here surviving with me!
Reptiles just fascinate me, ive got something that usually lives and thrives in Australia!! wow! LMAO It's just fantastic! (or whatever other country your reps may come from)
But if you want to know why on a more personal level, i love reptiles cause ive always loved dinosaurs!
Thought it was SOOOO amazing how dinosaurs/reptiles hatched out of eggs like birds!
Now i think it's odd that birds hatch out of eggs. lmao


now you know why people think im weird. lol i'll shut up now.

[HABU]

i grew up in the hills of kentucky so i like it all.
p.s no toys. just lizards and a coal pile.

[spider_mad]

Originally Posted by HABU

hey, spidermad, you should have seen the 70's!!

I would have thought the 70's was a huge craze for reps as it would be fairly recent in those years. It was probably cheaper then too lol

[HABU]

Originally Posted by spider_mad

I would have thought the 70's was a huge craze for reps as it would be fairly recent in those years. It was probably cheaper then too lol

i bought green anacondas for $5 a foot. but no products, no books no internet and no popularity.