I think snakes are charming, do you?

Here is an interesting video from National Geographic:



SO YOU THINK SNAKES WOULD BE AWESOME PETS, right?

Consider the following (someone wise put the content at robinsfyi.com)

1. If you want to impress your friends take them out for a night on the town. If you feel unsafe at your home either move, or buy a burglar alarm system. You will meet your goal, and save money too. Snakes are great creatures, HOWEVER they are wild animals!

2. Would you buy a car/truck you didn't know anything about? Of course not, you ask around about it. How much is maintenance, any known problems, miles per gal, resale value, etc. Snakes are much the same, there are many different kinds, with different needs.

3. Snakes must eat. They don't eat Purnia Snake Chow, they eat other animals. With any luck your snake will eat pre-killed food. Depending on what you get, do you mind a freezer with a case of dead rats? Some snakes will only eat live food. This must be done with supervision, every time it feeds !!!!! Can you sit there and watch him kill and eat the Easter Bunny.

I LOVE SNAKES, caught least one in each of my HS years BUT I consider myself incapable of having them as pets. It's not that they are too demanding, for every pet is (unless a pet rock) but my travel schedule would cause them harm and thereby forcing the creature to escape and lead to neighbourhood panic.

My whole point of this article is, just because you admire a beautiful wildlife don't think you can handle them as pet. If you are still serious about getting a snake as pet then I suggest you read up extensively and then venture out.