I know many of you may live with a SO, parent, or roommate that is less than enthusiastic about your hobby. Does anyone else live with an actual ophidiophobiac (someone with a snake phobia)?
The girls and I share a house with a long time friend and her mother. We live upstairs and they live downstairs. Luckily she seems to do fine if she doesn't have to actually see any of the snakes, but does sometimes have issues with them even being in the house. There is absolutely no way we can bring any of them downstairs if she is home. One time I had an escape (undetected) and I woke to hysterical screaming and my friend standing frozen in the kitchen with a little tail sticking out from behind the toaster. Admittedly I laughed my butt off as I picked the little black ratsnake up and took him back to his tub.
I know it could be worse, we have another friend who will not come to the house because of my pets. Sometimes it is really difficult though. I used to be able to just hang out and putz around the house with one of them on my shoulders or head. Now it is harder to actually set aside time for handling. And if I try to discuss what's going on with any of them she just reminds me how weird I am.
I have been able to get quite a lot of people to at least touch them, and turn their fear into more of a cautious curiousity. But not her.
Ah, well. I guess if she is scared of them she'll never come up and realize the ones I have secretly added

Tags: Snakephobia

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