Garter vs. Corn (round 2 ;)

[zooplan]

Sorry, but I belive 2 years is too young for any snake.
My 13 and 15 year old daughters have their own snakes, but I still feel liable for those.
My younger children ( 6 and 8) must not have their own snakes yet, but of course they are allowed to handle some of mine frequently.
So no vote from me

[Cobra Kai]

I understand your point about kids. My todler is doing good if we let him out of his gated toy room, let alone having any responsibilities. The kids (only) stare at my box turtles and the 5 year old (might) give doggie a cookie. So the kids will not be taking care of anything. But we all know this snake is actually Daddy's.

[tyflier]

Sorry, but I belive 2 years is too young for any snake.
My 13 and 15 year old daughters have their own snakes, but I still feel liable for those.
My younger children ( 6 and 8) must not have their own snakes yet, but of course they are allowed to handle some of mine frequently.
So no vote from me

Of course the kids that young don't actually participate in the care of the animals. They are too young at 5 or 6. The snake is the responsibility of the parent, even at 13 or 14.

I got my daughter a snake when she was 2. I take care of him, and I use him for breeding, but when she is old enough to move out of the house, if she wants to take Sammy Snake with her, she is welcome to...it's her snake. If she doesn't want to, of course I will continue to care for him, but she at least has the option.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

im 14 and i have 16 snakes

Sorry, but I belive 2 years is too young for any snake.
My 13 and 15 year old daughters have their own snakes, but I still feel liable for those.
My younger children ( 6 and 8) must not have their own snakes yet, but of course they are allowed to handle some of mine frequently.
So no vote from me

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

CORN CORN CORN CORN CORN Pantherophis guttatus guttatus!!!!!

Did I mention CORN?

Steve

[zooplan]

Waynes view seems to be "normal" to me.

Reed and Shanley, you are special persons and you found this place to share your hobby,
where is no difference if you are 14 or 104 when you share your experiences (and PHOTOS)

To all those how started at about ten years of age,
are you sure you had no parental guidence?

Maybe it was hard to get permissions...
Maybe family holidays were planed with hidden meanings...
Maybe there were a lot of friendly questions about you critters...

There are a lot of ways hidden guidance can be performed.

BTW: my nephew got a garter snake when he was twelve.
He bought a book, watched, my keeping, and had to fight hard for his wish,
all before permission to require the snake,
but it took less than a year and the snake went back to me

[GartersRock]

To all those how started at about ten years of age,
are you sure you had no parental guidence?

Maybe it was hard to get permissions...
Maybe family holidays were planed with hidden meanings...
Maybe there were a lot of friendly questions about you critters...

There are a lot of ways hidden guidance can be performed.

Well this is certainly true for a lot I am sure. But I can tell you I fought tooth and nail the whole way, no friendly questions. BUT. For them to finally give in and put up with my animals there was support in that. Even if I did have to constantly fight it. In the end, it was "allowed".