. When I first started keeping snakes almost 40 years ago it was rare for girls and women to keep snakes. We were all pretty private about our reptiles but all my reptile friends were guys. I now know there were a few female reptile keepers back then. When I started breeding and selling BRBs I sold far more to men than to women. Over the last 5 years I have noticed that there are more and more women are into these snakes. The last two years I actually sold more BRBs to women than to men. I would rather sell a BRB to a woman than to a man because women pay more attention to the fine details of keeping the tmeprature and humidity right for these snakes. Many of the best herp keepers and breeders I know are women. I still see men who think that because they know how to keep Burmese Pythons healthy they know everything about BRBs. I know there are now many women into the reptile hobby but I suspect that with most species there is still more interest among men than women. So what is it about women and BRBs? And what other species are more kept by women than men?

Jeff

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