this is what i tell everyone who thinks i am crazy for keeping snakes, because i refer to my keeping animals as my addiction...
when i was younger i had an bad addiction, got treatment, the one thing i have learned going through all of that is you need something to keep you occupied......... my addiction now how does it keep me occupied??
maintaining my animals, going to work to pay bills and get extra money to buy what i need.... reading to learn what i can, coming here "socializing" with other herp people, going to shows....
the way i see it i like taking care of my snakes, rats, guinea pigs, ferrets, dog, cats, tarantula and my sugar glider, im not harming any person by keeping the animals i do, more so i am probably educating some who have been misled in some form.
things i have seen? i have noticed some kids have it bad compared to my animals, i had some neighbors behind me who had 2 young boys, the parents were drug addicts, the kids spent most of their time outside unsupervised, til me and the other neighbors made a few calls to dss and the kids were taken and given to the father, who is raising them very well he does things with them like take them to ball games and the such. the couple moved away leaving their dogs tied outside for 3 weeks til we got animal control to come pick them up........
i turned my brand new mobile home back in, and bought one i could afford(its paid for) to pay me vet bills........
now how far have i came in life, to some not very far.... i live in an older mobile home, drive a beat up car, and work my a$$ off...compared to 16 yrs ago, ive come a long way, 16 yrs ago i was on drugs, no job, living in my car. the job i work, i take care of people older people and people who have mental illness, when i come home and see my animals makes it all worth it.
