[GarterGuy]

Rick,
Well from the sounds of it, it wasn't due to bad reptiles or anything, it was pretty much due to the fact that the place didn't really "like" reptiles. Plain and simple.....just ignorant prejudice.

Marian,
Actually this one was in the Lititz Rec center, next to Warwick High school. Don't remember if there was a fire hall there or not.....kind of thinking there was?????

Yeh, I've heard the "reptile freaks" thing before. When I used to manage a petstore, the owner one time was telling me that he didn't like how I was setting up a section of the store for reptiles (this was many years ago), because he didn't like the kind of people it attracted. I said to him, "Oh, you mean people like me?"....that kind of shut him up. A lot of people think that there's some sort of subculture associated with owning herps, just because all they see is the "bad seeds" who have reptiles just for the shock factor of it. They don't see the dedicated pet owners who honestly love their animals or those of use who work with their critters on an almost professional level. Guess that's just what's going to happen when you work with misunderstood animals......you become misunderstood yourself.
Roy