I took my first snake to show and tell when I was in second grade. I am now 35. My daughter had her first snake in her room when she was around 8. Of course is was a hognose, and totally harmless, but we working on care and hygene. She is now 12 with a turtle, ae Eastern Hognose, and 2 Florida Redbellies in her room. My son is now 6, but has had 2 turtles in his room since he was 4. No he is not old enough to care for them, but he does help mommy. None of my cages are locked, because we had nice long talks about the animals before we got them, plus my son learned very quickly that RES do not want to kiss him on the cheek!! LOL! (it was the size of a quarter at the time) The rest of the collection is in my office. No hots or big snakes, mostly because I do not want anything that I can not handle by myself when it is full grown.
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Jenea

2:3 Tricolor Hognose
0:1 Eastern Hognose (looking for a male)
1:2 Western Hognose
1:3 Southern Hognose
0:0:2 Florida Redbelly Snakes
0:1 Gulf Coast Box Turtle
1:1 Red-eared Slider
1:2:2 Mediterranean Geckos
2:0 Cats
1:1 Kids
1:0 Spouse

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