How do vistors respond to your Herps?

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Title says all. Here is my experience from today.

My aunt came over, and was checking out my room. I showed her my Asian Bullfrog, the fattest, most unnofensive animal in the world. It's too fat to hop out of its tank. My aunt hid behind my 11 year old sister and cowared in a corner. Then I took out my Leopard Gecko, which pretty much wins over every squeamish visitor to my house. She ran out of my room screaming, shrieking something like "Albino... eeeeeAAAHHH!!!! Nostrils...EEEEEAAAAHHH!!!!"

My sister went and got her, and we tried again. I took out my tiny female Firebelly Toad and said "This is the most dangerous animal in here. It's okay, calm down. There's really nothing threatening in here." Then she saw the Gecko walking around in its cage, and she ran out screaming, with my sister, carrying a bucket of mealworms, the ultimate gross-out tool, in hot pursuit.

How does showing off your Herp collection go down for you guys?
 
Most people don't care in till they see the snakes. Except my aunt who thinks my monitor looks to much like a snake. Few people go into my room because of my baby's. Though I have converted a few people into liking snakes and not being scared.
 
One of my friend loved my old Ribbon Snake and asked to handle it every time he came over. My sister loves snakes and loves to handle them, but doesn't like handling my Leo because of the claws.
 
It's always nice showing people how snakes really are and not how quite a few people think they are. My gecko has claws but don't feel them as often as others really, but I don't take him out much with how much he likes to jump(Crested Gecko).
 
Overall most people thought my herps were really cool. My wife didn't though, when she came to my apartment for the first time and got a peek at the collection she almost turned around and left LOL.
 
ha if anyone has a prob with herps they know to stay away from my place but most com eto check them out. almost everyone i have met that didnt like snakes before either want one or have one after meeting me :)
 
when i show people herpes they back away...i guess they don't want them
 
Silvertears;4352294; said:
What do you guys have?
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Well apparently manlyfish has herpes...


But I have a Garter Snake, a Kenyan Sand Boa, an Asian Bullfrog, 2 Firebelly Toads, a Green Tree Frog, a Leopard Gecko, a Green Anole, a Longtail Grass Lizard, 7 Newts, plus my fish. In a small room, it must seem awfuly claustrophobic to an outsider :D
 
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