I totally understand allergies are a factor. No one needs a pet that makes them ill.:)
And hedgehogs are cute.
Snakes, however, TERRIFY me. (Comes from growing up in a snake-y area. Still have traumatic memories of my sister and myself going to the lake about 1/4 mi. from our house as waaaaaaaayyyyy on the other side of the lake we saw a water moccasin... it was swimming. I asked my sister (who is over 12 years older than myself so while I was little, she was well into her teens) whether it was swimming for us. 'Nah. It couldn't be. I was waaaaaaaaaaaaay on the other side of the lake... except it was swimming towards us. So we backed away from the lake and to stand on the road... except then it came out of the lake. Still towards us. We ran the 1/4 mile, up the hill, SCREAMING.
Then there was the time my mother walked out in the yard and was SCREAMING, so my sister walked outside to see why mother was screaming, and mother began screaming more. So I walked out where my sister was and my mother became hysterical... because it was a tree snake hanging directly over our heads.
Then there was the time my cat came in carrying a 'worm' only.,, it wasn't a worm. It was a very tiny snake.
Or the time we left the door open at the bottom of the stairs because our dog liked to run outside first thing in the morning and then come back. And I came down the stairs and right below the bottom step was a snake.
I hate snakes. I'm terrified of snakes. As a kid I'd have nightmares of snakes. When we (as adults) went to the Chattanooga Aquarium and they had snakes out... I had to leave.
I cannot go into the reptile house at the zoo (and don't know why anyone would want too! :)
Once in college I went to a pet shop near the university, and after walking in i saw he had a snake laying out on the counter... and I bolted, terrified, never to return to that story again, and having a latent fear of pet stores that actually carry pets other than the fuzzy, feathered, or finned kinds.
I HAAAAATE SNAKES! (which is to mean, I'm dead serious when I say 'phobic' of them.)
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And hedgehogs are cute.
Snakes, however, TERRIFY me. (Comes from growing up in a snake-y area. Still have traumatic memories of my sister and myself going to the lake about 1/4 mi. from our house as waaaaaaaayyyyy on the other side of the lake we saw a water moccasin... it was swimming. I asked my sister (who is over 12 years older than myself so while I was little, she was well into her teens) whether it was swimming for us. 'Nah. It couldn't be. I was waaaaaaaaaaaaay on the other side of the lake... except it was swimming towards us. So we backed away from the lake and to stand on the road... except then it came out of the lake. Still towards us. We ran the 1/4 mile, up the hill, SCREAMING.
Then there was the time my mother walked out in the yard and was SCREAMING, so my sister walked outside to see why mother was screaming, and mother began screaming more. So I walked out where my sister was and my mother became hysterical... because it was a tree snake hanging directly over our heads.
Then there was the time my cat came in carrying a 'worm' only.,, it wasn't a worm. It was a very tiny snake.
Or the time we left the door open at the bottom of the stairs because our dog liked to run outside first thing in the morning and then come back. And I came down the stairs and right below the bottom step was a snake.
I hate snakes. I'm terrified of snakes. As a kid I'd have nightmares of snakes. When we (as adults) went to the Chattanooga Aquarium and they had snakes out... I had to leave.
I cannot go into the reptile house at the zoo (and don't know why anyone would want too! :)
Once in college I went to a pet shop near the university, and after walking in i saw he had a snake laying out on the counter... and I bolted, terrified, never to return to that story again, and having a latent fear of pet stores that actually carry pets other than the fuzzy, feathered, or finned kinds.
I HAAAAATE SNAKES! (which is to mean, I'm dead serious when I say 'phobic' of them.)