My 15 yr old daughter begged me and begged me to get a snake.. I kept saying No for several months. Then I started reading a little about them and decided to give in to her request. We went to a local show and held a few different breeds and decided on a Ball Python.. we held off our urge to buy right then and there and went home with a few items to start our set-up instead.. By the time the next monthly show came to town ( Sept. 1st 2012) we had a decent running set-up, so we finally went and purchased Avalon, our first and only snake.. She is just a normal and might not even be Female, but that doesn't matter she's just our pet.. I'm quite certain we will never be breeders.. We might pick up another snake or a few more, but they'll always be our Pets...