Misunderstood...

[tress29]

I have to have at least one snake to offset each child...

Darn, I have two snakes per kid. They're not gonna make me get more kids are they?!

[EasternGirl]

Lmao....I know! Right now I have a 3:1 snake to kid ratio...and I was planning on getting another snake...I am NOT having more kids!

[infernalis]

Want mine? I'll trade them for snakes.

[EasternGirl]

Rofl...

[infernalis]

Now that's a no refund trade too, got it.

I'll even ship first.

[EasternGirl]

Ha ha...stop it...lol...

[chris-uk]

Now that's a no refund trade too, got it.

I'll even ship first.

No Wayne. If you ship first she'll realise the con before you get the snakes.

[infernalis]

I don't know I think mad cat ladies get a pretty bad wrap too...and that's the thing...what's wrong with having a bunch of cats if that is what makes you happy? Why is there something wrong with people who have a lot of animals or who prefer the company of animals? I want to be a crazy snake lady too...I'm with Char! I would much rather spend my time with my animals than people most of the time. I think my family should move out and give me their bedrooms for reptile rooms...lol.

Because in most cases (not all) the people who have "too many" animals do not provide sufficient care for them all.

When an elderly person who is living on social security and is surrounded with a hundred furry critters, The animals suffer, They don't get vaccinations, proper health care, and often are allowed to reproduce uncontrollably within the squalor enviroment the are forced to live in.

Same applies to snakes. all too often I read posts on forums (not this one in particular) where certain indaviduals will post on say a Monday " I can't afford to go to the vet" or "I can't afford pinkies" and 2 days later post bragging about the new animal they just picked up.

There has to be a certain amount of restraint involved.

[snakehill]

If you consider 9 animals a zoo then I AM one of those crazy old animal ladies!!!

[EasternGirl]

I hear you Wayne...I do. And I agree with that totally. But I am talking about the stigma that women who are older and single and have a bunch of animals are seen in the eyes of the general public as sad and lonely (I'm not talking about truly crazy horders who can't care for their animals)...how people automatically judge people who have a bunch of animals as being crazy...how we are seen as nuts because by some because we care about and love snakes. I'm talking about the fact that my family thinks I'm nuts because I'm spending time taking care of snakes and talking to snakes...but how if they were puppies or kittens nobody would even give it a second thought. It makes me angry and I really think my family should just move out and give me their bedrooms for a reptile room! Then they can go live somewhere else and talk about the crazy snake lady!