you know you own a ball python when.....

when your out-of-state relatives call and their first question is "How are the snakes?"

you own a hundred tupperware/rubbermaid containers, but can't store any food in them because all the lids have holes in them.

when you are spotted by petco management, they send customers asking questions about the reptiles to you instead of their employees.

the electric company asks you why you need a 200 amp service when all your major appliances are gas.

you buy bleach but never use it in laundry.

when your electric bill is higher than your heating bill

when every bowl you see you think "that would make a nice hide"

When you dont argue with the price of asf's, just as long as the snake eats them

You go to Wal-Mart JUST to buy snake tubs.

You talk about morphs to someone and they get lost after the 3rd word.

You seem to find yourself explaining to someone that they aren't mean snakes.

You end up joining BP.net;).

When your friends and relatives ask you why you are so interested in snakes, and your only response is that "they're just cool!"

When you think about balls all day and have a girlfriend :P

When you know the smells of urates, regurg, uneaten rat, or a monster poop the instant you walk into the snake room.

You know the fastest way to warm up a rat without making it pop.

You eat all your pizza pockets in one day because you know your huge rat order is coming in the next day.

When you magically get eggs even though you only paired them once and didn't see an ovulation.

When your entire apartment is covered in flour with pop bottles on the floor with rats in them as a trap.

You see someone else at Wal-Mart with a tub, Acu-Rite, and plastic bowls in their shopping cart, and you know why they have them...

when you buy a little dipper crock pot just to warm frozen rats.....
when all your nieces and nephews want to come over on feeding day and not any other time....
when you get a trio of asfs named breakfast, lunch and dinner

Your main interest in the new pet shop is do they sell live and what sizes ?

Your children are allowed to have a pet mouse, but are only allowed to name it "Snake Food".

Your bedroom is your snake room, and the temperature is designed for snake comfort and not yours.

You ask a stranger if they want to see pictures of your babies, then can't understand why they freak out when you show them your wallet full of ball pics.

You find yourself spending an inordinate amount of time on Craigslist looking for cheap stuff that can be used for snakes.

Gale