mom needs convincing...

[leonut]

I think I'm making some progress. My mom said I could make some room in my bedroom and buy a metal storage unit and house reptiles in it. maybe I should get a crestie first. my mom does think snakes are interesting but she just dosn't want one in the house.

 

[BalloonzForU]

Alright, heres an idea for what you can do. (I can't believe I'm doing this);

Find a local shelter or reptile rescue nearby. Volunteer as a "foster parent" for snakes, or if you can specify, colubrids. Do some hands-on work away from the house with the rescues, then conveniently, bring one home as a "foster child" for weekend care or something. Make up something like, "This one just came in. Its been badly neglected and has an RI. It needs to be warmed up and rehydrated, so I'm going to care for it this weekend and take it back on Monday for a recheck. Poor thing is really sick."

~Instead of "it" use "he" or "she." (This personalizes the animal).
~Play on her maternal need to help anything feel better by mentioning how sick the little guy or girl is (even if it isn't).

One of the keys to getting to a mother is to bring in the humanitarian efforts, followed by subtle education on the animal's care. Then start asking her opinions on things like, how to keep it warm, how to regulate the humidity or what would make a good make-shift hide. Play on her maternal instincts. The rest will come about naturally...

This is a tactic my youngest son did with me because he wanted a ball python. Now we have 26 snakes all together (and a lizard) and take in rescues all the time.

Good luck!
K

LMAO Nice K!!!

 

[T&KBrouse]

Thanks, Fe...
The only thing I can hope is that the kid continues to use his powers for good. He's always been the master manipulator.
After 4 months of me telling him, "No Jake. You can't have a snake. It'll eat your face off." this was the plan he devised. Not bad for a 12 year old, I guess.
Evil little butt head, he is...:main_evilgrin:

 

[Leonardo]

i used to want a snake and tried my best to convince my mom to let me get one until she finally told me i couldnt have any more animals because the cat and dog were enough (even tho the cat hates me and isnt even mine, shes my dad's.)
then i went off to college and got fish for my roomie (she loves anything that moves but doesnt know how to take care of them) so this was a good and inexpensive way to liven up the room and put my old frog tank to use (my frog, a male african dwarf frog, now lives with my sister and her female, and is way happier.)
I continued to buy fish as the other ones died off but didnt buy anymore because i knew id be returning home for christmas. but when i didnt return to my old college after christmas i decided my tank could use a little life in it and brought a little leopard gecko into my parents' home.
my dad was furious and my mom was upset but curious. now, being a bit older there wasnt much they could do about it to me, but i say if you have the money, the time, and the know how to take care of them, get one and suffer the consequences from your parents later. the worst they can do is make you take it back and or ground you.
theyll eventually warm up to it or get used to it.

 

[david13]

So you'll take really good care and poay for everything

 

[WftRight]

I don't know whether this issue has been resolved, but I have a couple of comments.

First, my folks never had problems with snakes and even let me try to keep a couple that I found in the yard way back in the old days. Unfortunately, I couldn't find good care information and both ended up dying. In terms of buying a real pet snake and the proper equipment to keep the thing properly, they were opposed. They wanted all of my efforts directed towards college. For me, the way to overcome parental objections was to earn three engineering degrees and establish a solid career. I know that you don't want to hear that, but I always recommend the same to any teenager facing parental objections.

Secondly, who is going to care for this snake when you go to college? Many colleges will require you to live on campus for a year, and many dorms do not allow snakes. You will either have to sell the snake when you go to college, find a friend to keep the snake for a year or two until you move into an apartment, or get your parents to care for the snake until you move into an apartment. Some apartments don't allow snakes, and some roommates refuse to have snakes in the apartment. You may not be in a good position to keep this animal again until you graduate from college. You really can't guarantee that this animal will receive good care during those years.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't get a snake. I think your getting a snake would be great. However, there are many issues to consider beyond the immediate issues of food and caging. Try to get a vision for the entire ten to twenty years that this corn snake could live. If you aren't in a good position to give this animal the best during a big part of that time, maybe now isn't the best time to get a snake.


Bill

 

[leonut]

hey guys it's much later now but, my mom dosn't care anymore! just no constrictors. (oh darn, that retic at the petsore looked so tempting. :main_laugh: ) now it's just the simple matter of convincing my dad...

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Hope fully you can convinse you dad! Corns are really fun, and I am getting my first at the next expo!! Good luck!!!

 

[brad.a.c]

Cool! Good luck with it!

 

[DillanSimpson]

Hope you get the snake just make sure to do tons of reserch!



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[Bling_my_leo]

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[DillanSimpson]

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[leonut]

well my mom said i could get a hognose and my dad said he would consider it. i hope he says yes. :shocked2: