gentle education is working.....

[grannieannie]

I have a 20 month old stimmie and my neighbours 13 yr old daughter was terrified to even come into the room where I keep him, now after several months of looking at "Barrie" locked in his viv, I got him out the other day and the young lass actually came up and touched "Barrie". She's still quite nervous but admits she's not as afraid as she was, I'm hoping one day she'll want to hold him. I'm really pleased...........

[lizardboyyy]

wish my neighbours owned rep i would be there all the time

[cosmicwolf4]

We have done that with a few people who were afraid and thought the only good snake was a dead one. Most of them now look at snakes differently and see why they don't need to be killed on sight. A few friends are still afraid, but they won't get out the shovel now either. I explained a little about how good they are for the environment and it seemed to help.

One girl had never seen a snake close up before and was so fascinated by ours she forgot to be scared lol

[jacorin]

my partner and daughter were like that,couldnt be in the same room with a snake,let alone hold 1.......over a 12 mth time frame,ive got them both holding my snake,and even have to stop my daughter from getting her out to hold her lol.
so slow and easy,is the way

[naledge]

I did the same with my mum and a beardie, she used to hate every reptile and now she's even starting to like pythons.

over a 12 mth time frame,ive got them both holding my snake,and even have to stop my daughter from getting her out to hold her lol.
so slow and easy,is the way

Aw man, I really shouldn't have skimmed this post instead of reading it properly, I definitely took it the wrong way.

[chickensnake]

I use to be scared of snakes, then after a few months of playing with dads friends ones i askd dad if i could get one. So we did lol. I was not scared of them one bit for ages then i got bitten by a carpet and it wouldent let go, blood everywhere, me goin of "Get this fu#*^ing snake off me" After that i aws too scared to even go near the hatchie dad had got me for months. Now iv got a BHP,X2 spotteds.I now dont hold pplz snakes unless i know their tempement B4 it being handed to me lol

[Rainbow-Serpent]

Congratulations and good job!

Me and my bredli boy have converted a few.

Such as an older woman who screamed and nearly burst out crying when she saw him, after about 3 minutes watching him she decided to stroke him, when didn't react at all (freakishly calm snake), she asked if she could have a hold, so she spent nearly 10 minutes having a cuddle, she absolutely fell in love She even kissed him goodbye

Last I saw was her going up to the counter asking how much licences cost