I live in a small village, most of us know each other. Last week my daughter rang and said theres a guy in a local pub garden with a large lizard. So of course I went for a nosey at it.This guy had a large Bosc waddling around in a harness, of course he drew quite a crowd and was loving all the fuss. I cringed tbh and the 1 word going through my head was "POSER". I know people who just love answering their doors when they are holding their reptiles, is this for the shock value- I mean how long does it take to pop the rep back into the safety of its viv?. My reps all go out in my garden, I try to be discreet about it , mainly because I dont want some Chav clocking them and knicking them one night. Also I just dont feel the need to show them off. So my query is why did the OP take the snake to such a public area esp, when it became obvious there was some sort of "do" taking place? Not saying it was right he was asked to leave, just questioning his judgement.
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cheers for being one of the only people to back me up on this, everyones saying i shouldnt take my snake outside WTF not lol, and as for what if the snake bit someone, what if a dog kills a kid, and as for people who said there grounds. . . "pubilc park" where theres no signs saying no pet snakes. also if your able to read THEY ALREADY HAVE A SNAKE THERE!!!

guessing in the end i asked what i could do about it, not what you though about me taking out my pet. but hey slate away, my bad for actually helping the public see snakes aint bad.

plus the cops were coming up wanting to take pics of it. . . not remove me till one guy said so coz people actually walked away from the show over to me with camera. . not walking home

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S**T almost forgot. . .my ego pfft, dunno guess i shoulda bought a nice sports car instead to boosty it rather than something i love, hmmmm coz a snake will help me pick up chicks and boost my ego wont it, unlike sports cars that people are normally questionative about.

oh wait sorry i got that back to front haha.

for the record people who say there see no reason to take my snake out but for my ego, hows about, oh i dunno. . . . .

• make people more aware they aint going to kill everyone they encounter.
• give my snake something better to look at than my room for a change since its a nice day.
• brighten up childrens day with them having something a little more interesting to say than yeah the grass looks like it was kept in good condition

theres 3 reasons.
pick your fav. as for ma ego, well im a pretty well educated guy, great body, loving wife. if i want my ego stroked i dont walk in the park with a snake. . . but thanks for the concern lol

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hey, you made a good effort there not to be a jerk so i think you deserve a personal answer, and your so right about some people doing it for shock value. to answer your question about why.

im now in my 3rd year of bioscience + genetics and been breeding snakes for 6 years now, showing the public (who on the whole are actually really interested) that snakes aint slimy and theres so much to them is great, and in a personal way, helping my own career in creating more customers, i done a wee charaty event in a primary school and showed off my burm and some wee corn snakes ect, got a nice letter from the head teacher saying how half the class went on about how they wanted snakes after it lol, and i think its great to break this stereotype

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I wouldnt take a snake out in public, you have to accept that alot of people are afraid of snakes, just because we are not then it makes it hard to understand how some people can be really frightened but they are, also the stress on the snake is going to be high, if theres alot of people around looking at it touching it ect, im afraid I dont agree that you have every right to sorry but thats how I feel, we dont need anymore negative publicity than we already have.

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thanks

you actually gave me an answer to the question i asked.
p.s. well done for reading what i actually wrote and responding rather than splurting out a paragraph of opinion

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understand where your coming from. . . no one was running away, i was moved because i was removing people from a bird show as they came over to me. they already have snakes there to.
n.b. i only take him out for a hour at a time for stress reasons to.

(and for everyone else to wanted to argue back)
only fight back if you actually have a valid reason please. were ment to by adults, i dont want to hear some petty reply to something i never asked - i didnt come here looking for a fight, i asked a question!!

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just wanted to say thanks for the input, you made a vaild point for both sides. im actually more annoyed with peoples reactions online than 'the man' now haha. yeah im annoyed they dont mind me up when its good for them but when a guys got a bird out and people arent watching coz there coming over to me n he tells me i have to go, its so annoying lol.

anyway cheers for the input.

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If the snake in question is the one in his avatar then I don't think a secretary bird would stand a chance.

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well people feel free to give off views on things not quite related to what i asked.
and what happened to the days where people atually wanted to help others.
guess its easier to bash than assist. as for the people who did assist, thank you, i appreciate it.

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