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meggi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
321 Posts |
 Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:32:30
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hi everyone x Four years ago i got a snake for my 10th birthday.i know regret it. i have always/will always love animals and i still love him to peices. Howvever i feel like a wierdo with a snake as a girl. what shall i do?  |
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Kath
Yearling
United Kingdom
697 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:37:44
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Hi meggi,
Join us weirdos! Haha, no seriously, we love having a Corn snake as it's different to having a dog or a cat as a pet.
We love showing him off (even tho we don't get chance to do much of that)!
I don't think you should or need to do anything! Just carry on loving him & he'll keep loving u back!!
Please don't regret it!!!!
Wish we'd have got 1 sooner!
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Auld Baldy
Ikea's Pimp
United Kingdom
1619 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:49:04
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Don't worry about being a weirdo, as long as you love your pets just carry on.
Going by the posts on the forums I think there are more girls than boys keeping snakes.
Anyway, girls are weird whether they keep snakes or not!   |
1.0.0: Miami Normal: Taggart
0.0.1: Carolina Normal: Wee Woody
0.0.1: Grey Rat Snake: Mirkey
0.0.1: Amel Corn: Blaze
1.0.0: Carpet Python: Vambo
0.0.1: MBK: Fester
0.0.1: Florida King Snake : Rattler (Rattle & Hum)
0.0.1. California King Snake: El Diablo Diego
0.2.0 Tarantulas : Ermintrude & Euphemia. |
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:55:19
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No reason for a girl not to keep a snake as far as I know. I think it's cool! I wish I'd got mine much, much sooner. Be proud of your wonderful pet and please don't ever regret it. Snakes are an awesome addition to any home.  |
Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:56:40
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| I'm a girl and I have snakes I wish I'd had them when I was your age, I think they are great pets. Just carry on loving him and taking care of him and try not to worry about what other people think. |
2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs |
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serena_08
Yearling
United Kingdom
784 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:57:38
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I'm a girl and have four! My mum has one too, and in fact most of the people I hear of owning most reptiles are female! Don't worry about what others say, as my mum says 'those who matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter'.
As long as any animal is looked after well, it doesn't matter who owns it :)
And as Auld Baulsy has pointed out quite nicely, we are a weird species anyway! |
1.0.0 Corn: D-Bo (Amel)
1.0.0 Western Hognose: C*ntyB*ll*cks
0.1.0 MBK: Rosa
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko: Zuko
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon: Kobe
0.0.1 Fire Bellied Toad: Snoop
1.1.0 Cats: Penny and Sheldon
1.0.0 Staffy: MooMoo
I intend to live forever. So far, so good. |
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ean632
Hatchling
United Kingdom
142 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 12:01:48
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| Dont worry what other people think:) owning a snake is very cool in my opinion, everyone has cats, dogs, hamsters, rabbits etc. I think its great that you have something a little different. Enjoy looking after your snake and anyone who thinks your wierd is not worth calling a friend. |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 13:45:15
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| I'm 15 and female and will be adding to my collection of corns very soon. Many would describe me as insane, but that's got nothing to do with snakes :) |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Ness
Hatchling
United Kingdom
159 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 13:48:44
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| My daughter is 14 in a couple of weeks and she's just got her 1st corn for her birthday. We don't think it's at all weird and if others do, she doesn't care, nothing wrong with being different. It only matters what your animals think of you |
0.1.0 Ultramel corn - Tanith
0.1.0 Pomeranian -Eevee
0.2.0 cats -Sabrina and Lily |
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paulie78
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2331 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 14:32:30
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| I think your letting others opinions influence how you feel about your pet dont worry about what other people think its not their pet its yours snakes are awesome pets and i have a sneaky suspicion theres just as many female snake owners out there as male if not more anyone whose got a problem is either just plain ignorant misinformed or phobic (in which case its not their fault) |
6.8.0 Corn Snakes http://buzzsprehistoricpets.yolasite.com/
1.1.0 Royal
0.2.0 Chinchillas
1.1.0 Cats
1.1.0 Birds
0.0.2 Fishtanks
0.0.1 Cali Kingsnake
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 15:03:23
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Originally posted by paulie78
I think your letting others opinions influence how you feel about your pet dont worry about what other people think its not their pet its yours snakes are awesome pets and i have a sneaky suspicion theres just as many female snake owners out there as male if not more anyone whose got a problem is either just plain ignorant misinformed or phobic (in which case its not their fault)
Couldn't put it better. |
0.1.0 Okeetee (Sookie) 0.1.0 Powder (Luna) 0.1.0 Bloodred (Arlene) 0.1.0 Caramel Stripe (Tara)
0.1.0 Ghost (Crystal) 0.1.0 Caramel (Jessica) 0.1.0 Lavender Stripe (Portia) 1.0.0 Platinum (Godric)
0.1.0 Thayers King (Lettie Mae) 0.1.0 Albino Blairs King (Lorena) 0.1.0 Russian Ratsnakes (Pam)
0.1.0 Korean Ratsnake (Katerina) 1.0.0 Russian Ratsnake (Lafayette)
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scottishbluebird
it is all my fault
United Kingdom
8403 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 15:29:58
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| Has someone said something mean to you because you have a snake as a pet? |
     
0.1.0 Corn - Kellogs
1.0.0 Hognose - Storm
0.1.0 Staffy - Lyla
1.0.0 Spaffy(staffy x springer)-Spyro
1.0.0 Ferret - Peanut R.I.P
0.1.0 Crestie - Fudge. Wish List - Pygmy hedgehog. Tropiocolotes |
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Thorne Walker
Yearling
Canada
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scorpyshake
Egg
United Kingdom
87 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 16:34:08
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Originally posted by meggi
hi everyone x Four years ago i got a snake for my 10th birthday.i know regret it. i have always/will always love animals and i still love him to peices. Howvever i feel like a wierdo with a snake as a girl. what shall i do?
Hi Meggi, I bought my girl a snake for her recent 12th birthday, I've always loved them and we now have 4 lol, don't worry about others shallow opinions, don't be a sheep and follow the crowd, be yourself and original, it's always better in the end :) If you love your snake, just keep it...simples... if others cant accept who you are as a person, and that includes your choice of pets, then they aren't worth your attention |
0.0.1 Amel
0.0.1 Snow
1.1.0 Bloodred/diffussed
1.0.0 English Mastiff x Rottweiller |
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lupi lou
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3670 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 19:19:51
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| the others have sumed it up perfectly! Enjoy your snake and what wrong with being weird, i always say why be normal when you can be different!! |
 
1.0.1 Corns
0.1.0 Dog: springer
1.0.0 Horse
0.4.0 Gerbils
2.2.0 Leopard gecko
0.2.0 Cave gecko |
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Isoldael
Yearling
Netherlands
999 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 19:26:13
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| I'm a girl as well, and I love my snakes to bits. Some people might find call me weird for it (they say it as if it's a bad thing, lol) but I couldn't care less! I love my snakes to bits, and for every person out there calling me a weirdo there's 10 more who are as fascinated by them as I am :) |
1.0 anery stripe (Nash)
1.0 hypo pewter (Loki)
1.0 bloodred het amel, charcoal, hypo, stripe 50% phet anery, lavender (Kasumi)
0.1 grey background normal het amel (Saphira)
0.1 tessera het amel, anery, stripe (Lilith)
0.1 amel (Aurora)
0.1 hypo bloodred het anery, charcoal, stripe 50% phet amel, lavender (Mara)
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Razee
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2525 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 20:22:43
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Don't worry about it Meggi, just enjoy your snake. If having snake is weird, then there's quite a lot of weird people out there. I'm a girl, too (though much older one ) and I wish I got to snake keeping earlier in life.
And it's true what Isoldael says, in the beginning people's first reactions are " why do you have a snake, yuk..." but more often than not, when they actually see them and touch them, they are fascinated. |
0.1.0 late CB10 Carolina corn snake - Bazilishka
1.0.0 CB11 Abbots Okeetee- Little Twiddler
1.0.0 CB11 Hypo corn- Sebastianek
1.0.0. CB14 Butter Motley - Squidwood
0.0.2 CB18 normal/ Okeetee yearlings Bunny and Lalalishka
0.0.1 hognose
0.1.0 stable cat
0.1.0 house cat |
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5091 Posts |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 21:15:42
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I'm another girl (albeit a grown up one lol) with snakes! When I was a young teen I kept lizards and didn't care what anyone else thought. We bought Corno for our 8yr old son (only cos I wanted one anyway :p ) and he lost interest in her fairly soon... but our 4yr old daughter thinks she's great and tells all her friends/teachers at school about the snakes! Also there is a girl in my son's class with a corn as well.
If you think it's a mistake because you don't want the snake any more that's one thing, but you put 'i still love him to peices' so obviously that is not the case. People need to accept you for who you are - you aren't weird, you are interesting!!! |
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naughtyboy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 17/09/2012 : 07:44:03
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my 3 girls all love having snakes, my 3yr old wont shut up about them in school and my 13yr old spends most of her time with one of our various snakes in her hands.
most of their mates at school think its great they have snakes .
they want more as do my 3 boys |
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LittlestarRed
Egg
United Kingdom
99 Posts |
Posted - 18/09/2012 : 13:42:19
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Aw Meggi, as others have said already if you still love him then it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks!
I'm a (much older, as in 33 yrs old) girl and I still get strange comments from people about our pets. The difference is that I don't mind people think of me as a weirdo LOL. I care more about being true to myself regardless of what people say.
Having an unusual pet just makes you more interesting than most. I have a 16yr old niece who has kept frogs for a few years now. She was teased at first, but now her friends ask to help her out with them. She got together with her boyfriend over a conversation about them too!
Don't let other peoples opinions change your own, you don't have to change who you are for anyone! ((hugs)) |
0.1.0 Carolina Corn Snake 'Nagini', 4.8.0 Royal Pythons, 1.0.0 BRB, 1.0.0 Honduran BCI, 1.0.0 Yemen Chameleon 'Jasper' and 1.0.1 Beardies 'Snuggle' & 'Beanie' |
Edited by - LittlestarRed on 18/09/2012 13:45:44 |
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Dalymad2
Hatchling
United Kingdom
301 Posts |
Posted - 18/09/2012 : 16:14:20
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I am sorry to hear you feel this way, my eldest two snakes were bought for are 10 year old son, he lost interest and i took them over and we now have three.
I have two grandaughters who cant wait to see the snakes when they visit and want snakes of there own.
You say you feel like a wierdo as a girl with a snake , but you love the snake aswell.
I would think of how you would feel if you gave him up and could no longer share that love.
If others can`t except a girl with snakes then they are wierd for not excepting you for who you are.
Best of luck with your decision. |
1.0.0 CORN- FRED ( CAROLINA)
1.0.0 CORN- BARNEY (CAROLINA)
0.1.0 CORN- SNOWDROP (SNOW)
1.0.0 DALMATIAN- SOLO
0.1.0 DALMATIAN- METOO
0.1.0 COLLIE CROSS- LILY
0.1.0 CAT-SOOKIE
0.1.0 AFRICAN GREY PARROT- SPIRIT |
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