Snake owners?

Your boy is right, it's the coolest

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Originally Posted by highangle

A few years later, I had a hapkido instructor who was bitten by his gila monster. 6 months in the hospital. Too much for his ballerina wife, a DP freak who couldn't get off unless she had something jammed up her ass...

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Seems like there is more story here. Unless you were just trying to reinforce the creepy/freaky nature of reptile owners.

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Originally Posted by highangle

Yep.
Went to middle school with a snake boy named "Meemo". Later lost his right arm to one of his rattlesnakes. Later went to Parchman for robbing a 7/11 with a .45 in his left hand.

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How did this work out? "This is a stickup!! Let me put my gun down while I toss the cash under my one arm, then pick up my gun again!!"

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Originally Posted by rudy

We (my wife while I was out skiing) got my now 8 year old son a corn snake for Christmas last year. He loves wild snakes and seems to catch a few a year but only has mild interest in the snake a year later.

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Yeah, this is my concern.

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Originally Posted by highangle

Too much for his ballerina wife, a DP freak who couldn't get off unless she had something jammed up her ass...

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This deserves its own thread.

It seems kind of cruel to keep a snake in a glass tank for your entertainment (or non-entertainment).

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Originally Posted by The AD

It seems kind of cruel to keep a snake in a glass tank for your entertainment (or non-entertainment).

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They seem like simple creatures but they definitely can get bored - there's a reason they escape so often.

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Originally Posted by The AD

It seems kind of cruel to keep a snake in a glass tank for your entertainment (or non-entertainment).

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The same could be said for most forms of pet ownership. Moot point for now though, the boy seems to have gotten over the idea already.