Most people think snakes as wild animals, meant to be killed, not put into a terrarium. This is because whenever a survey or such is done, it is based on a biased community. What community is that? The world. News channels, documentaries, and even reality TV have us convinced that snakes are not meant as pets. They have documentaries of how dangerous snakes are (and they are, if you do not know wh
at you are doing!), reality TV that someone got bit by a snake, and those terrifying stories everyone hears on the news of a boa constrictor killing their owners. I can almost say that 100% of the time that this happens, the snake is not being handled properly. A lot of these stories I heard, they had their boa just roaming free around the house. You need the proper enclosure for it. Of all these stories of snakes, I have never in my life heard of a "good" story. News channels or even newspapers do not care about the well-behaved snake. A "good story" to them about snakes is a "bad story" to us snake keepers. I took the time to Google "pet snake" under the news section. Other than the news of "Young Kapuso star may get a pet snake," every other article are about deaths, seizing illegal snakes, snakes not being good pets, and even provinces considering regulating "exotic pets" (i.e., snakes). They will attack the practice of keeping snakes until it will be illegal. It is already frowned upon by so many people, that will be the next step they take. Join me, as a fellow snake keeper, looking to protect our exquisite and unique PETS.
