I am terrified of snakes to the point that I have nightmares about them at least once a month or so (my dreams tend to be vivid and I usually remember a few of them at least). I admire your courageousness in having them as pets Positive.Vibrations. lol...jk. We have quite a few animals (compared to our friends at least) at my home and we go through a lot when they can't deal with the other animals, etc. CURRENTLY we have four dogs, a pregnant cat (the other recently went missing. :[), two newts, three frogs, a beta fish, three fish that I have no idea what the hell they are, two parakeets and a snake my step-dad found outside and cruelly decided to place in a cage for my step-brother for his amusement.
That is something I have never thought about. Being afraid of them because I don't understand them. That's something I should think about. :] Thanks I was terrified as dogs as a kid as well even though nothing traumatic ever happened to me. Now I like them. I've held snakes before but I still am frightened of them the entire time they are around. They put me on edge for whatever reason. The smaller ones I can handle for a little while I have these weird paranoid ideas that they are going to zip under my bed and wait for me to fall asleep before they crawl around my neck or something. They are one of my 7 year old sister's favorite animals though. A 7 year old is braver than I am!