so my kiddo picked a pet!

[HoundedByHounds]

Lily is getting her first pet...that will be hers, live in her room, etc for her Birthday. She's turning 8. We won't be getting it til after the trip to DW end of this month...but...

She's getting a Corn Snake!

She has researched the heck out of them and is raring to go, lol. I think it's a good match and am looking forward to getting it here.

It should be hilarious to see what Elias thinks. :rofl1:He may never go into her bedroom again...and I don't think Lily would even mind!

 

[Baxter'smybaby]

well now, that may very well be her incentive to getting the snake....keep little brothers away! LOL!

 

[HoundedByHounds]

Yes maybe she will tell Eli..."I am getting a pet...it is a South American Brother Eating Snake".

 

[Baxter'smybaby]

Yes maybe she will tell Eli..."I am getting a pet...it is a South American Brother Eating Snake".

:rofl1: that could be fun!

 

[Renee750il]

well now, that may very well be her incentive to getting the snake....keep little brothers away! LOL!

That was my first though :rofl1:

Wish I'd been able to have a snake when my sister and I were kids . . . I wouldn't have *lost* so much of my stuff.

 

[cinnamon]

LOL...I'd never go in her room either

 

[Fran101]

aww thats great! lol atleast she didnt ask for a tiger.. thats what i asked for, jazmine had one! totally unfair that my mom said no.. lol

 

[AllieMackie]

Oh wow! Big responsibility - will she be feeding it too? :yikes:

Corn snakes are gorgeous, so pretty and pretty easy to care for.

 

[HoundedByHounds]

Oh yes...she will be doing the frozen thawed pinkies thing. I talked with her about it and you all wanna know what she said verbatim?

"I eat cows and chickens, that's Nature...so what?"

She saw the pics online of the pinkies and such ready to be fed (and yes she knows they are baby mice lol) and was fine with it. She used to watch Zorak eat live prey all the time, including small lizards, so she isn't squeamish really.

 

[AllieMackie]

Oh yes...she will be doing the frozen thawed pinkies thing. I talked with her about it and you all wanna know what she said verbatim?

"I eat cows and chickens, that's Nature...so what?"

She saw the pics online of the pinkies and such ready to be fed (and yes she knows they are baby mice lol) and was fine with it. She used to watch Zorak eat live prey all the time, including small lizards, so she isn't squeamish really.

...

okay so your daughter is pretty much the coolest kid ever. Gotcha.

 

[xpaeanx]

She must be SO excited!!!

I can't wait to see pics!

 

[HoundedByHounds]

AM...kinda lol.

She watches a lot of Nature shows, she'd rather watch those than anything "for kids"...those can be gory and graphic as we all know and she just really sees it as Nature and the whole Circle of Life thing. I know it's kinda different lol.

I remember in her preschool class, they put on March of the Penguins and someone complained their kid was traumatized because I guess some Leopard Seal eats one? Dunno, haven't seen it. But Lily was fine...she was 4 then.

I always watch those Nature shows with her and kinda watch to see she is okay and processing things the right way, so far so good...she isn't a cold person, by any means...very emotional and empathetic...but she knows what it means to have to eat other things to live...be it grass, salad or bacon...lol. I think her perspective is about right...

 

[bubbatd]

Fun for her !!! A snake is the only pet I never wanted !!!!

 

[Fran27]

I wasn't expecting this when I saw the thread LOL.

That's cool!

 

[skittledoo]

That is soooo awesome. Wish my parents would have let me have a snake when I was younger... they're terrified of them though

 

[Dizzy]

Welcome to the club!!!

They ARE cool!! She'll love it. And they're a 'simple' pet.... if she does want to concentrate on something else for a day or two, the pet isn't going to suffer emotional trauma or keel over from neglect! Perfect.

And you can hold them and interact with them.

Perfect.

Pictures!!!! There's tons and tons of information out there for her to go through, and I have found that reptile keepers on tinterweb are SOOOOOOOOOOOO helpful!!!

She'll love it.

 

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

Yes yes, pictures and has she chosen a name?

 

[HoundedByHounds]

nope no names yet...she says she wants to wait to see what her snake is like, first. I will for certain post pic once it's a done deal and the wee critter is here.

 

[milos_mommy]

sweeeeeeeet. can't wait to see pictures! corns are the best

 

[SizzleDog]

How exciting!!! Do you know where you're getting it from yet?