Shira Loa of Snake Therapy discusses her journey with snakes - from her initial fear of snakes, her first snake purchase, to her work in snake education and husbandry advancement. She shares details of how her first interaction with a snake led her to a journey with her own snakes, as well as beginning interactions with other people in order form a connection with them and snakes. Her passion for the therapeutic benefits that reptiles can bring to their keepers shows as she discusses the various mental health benefits that have been seen in both neurodivergent and non-neurodivergent individuals. Shira also discusses the Neurodiversity and Reptile Keeping Survey that she created in hopes of understanding more about what reptile keeping can offer neurodivergent people, leading to talk about the potential for overconsumption of reptiles and traits that neurodivergent people have for keeping reptiles more efficiently. SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/204-shira-loa/SHOW SPONSORS:Visit The BioDude here: www.thebiodude.com  @TheBioDudeJoshHalter  CUSTOM REPTILE HABITATS: https://www.animalsathome.ca/crhJOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/animalsathomeCHECK OUT CUSTOM REPTILE HABITATS: https://www.animalsathome.ca/crhLINKS FROM THE EPISODE:Survey: https://bit.ly/SnakeTherapySurveyhttps://www.youtube.com/@snake_therapyhttps://www.patreon.com/SnakeTherapywithShiraLoahttps://shiraloametalwork.com/pages/snake-shed-metal-art-jewelryhttp://www.instagram.com/snaketherapy_shiraloahttps://www.thelittlezoo.org/We Discuss: