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i guess it was a bad week for alot of people.....

 

Oh no! I always had a corn snake or a black ratsnake growing up, caught 'em in the fields.

 

Ya going up in Florida, I always had some reptile friend that I caught in the ditch behind the house.

Now I buy one, and it dies on me...whats up with that.

 

I had a bubble gum rat snake (caught) and an albino yellow rat snake (bought) when I was a kid and within a few weeks each got loose in my house. Parents were pretty mad, obviously. Never saw the bubble gum rat again, but we found shed skins for months and then next time I saw the yellow rat around our property was years later and the damn thing had to be 4 feet long.. Makes me smile to think about, though. To be a kid again... so simple!

 

snakes....i dont hate them, just don't think i could ever keep one as a pet. i was okay with them, until a python bit my finger in biology in 9th grade, now i just observe.

 

Never been bit with all the snakes I've had around. I am not a fan pythons for the very reason that they seem to be more nervous around people. They either play dead or get skittish. Rat/corn/king snakes generally take to people and are calm while being handled.
My first corn only bit one person, and totally deserved it. I warned my friend about ten times that the snake was tired and wanted to stay in its hide....well the snakee bit him and didn't even break the skin.