I HOPE THE PICS COME OUT...

MY 10YR OLD SON HAD BEEN BEGGING FOR A SNAKE. EVERY BOOK HE CHECKED OUT AT THE LIBRARY INVOLVED SNAKES. AT FIRST I WAS VERY RELUCTANT TO HAVE A REPTILE IN THE HOUSE, BUT MY HUSBAND, WHO SAYS NO TO ALL PET SUGGESTIONS, SAID YES TO THIS. (IM THINKING HE WANTED ONE FOR HIMSELF). SO WE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THE BP AND THE CORN WERE 2 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BEGINNER SNAKES. I LOOKED AT BREEDERS ONLINE BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IN PERSON THE SNAKE THAT WE WOULD BE BUYING, SO WE WENT TO 3 DIFFERENT PET STORES IN OUR AREA. (2 PETCOS AND A PETSMART) THE FIRST PETCO HAD 4 BABY BPS IN A VERY SMALL TANK AND THEY WERE PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER IN THE HIDE. THEY HAD 2 CORNS. MY SON WANTED A BP AND I HAD TO AGREE, THE CORNS ARE JUST SO SMALL. WE HAD THE PETCO WORKER TAKE OUT THE BPS AND MY HUSBAND AND SON HELD EACH ONE. ONE OF THEM WAS WAY BIGGER THAN THE OTHERS AND STAYED IN A BALL THE WHOLE TIME...ONE SNAPPED AT MY HUSBAND, ONE WAS WAY SMALLER THAN THE OTHERS...AND ONE WAS PERFECT. WE WENT TO ANOTHER PETCO AND THEY EVEN HAD SOME SPIDER BPS, BUT THE WORKERS WERE NOT VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THIS STORE AND SO WE MADE OUR WAY TO PETSMART....NOT A VERY BIG SELECTION SO WE LEFT. WE WAITED A WEEK AND THEN WENT TO GET OUR PERFECT SNAKE...DOCILE BUT ACTIVE...WORKER SAID FEEDING GOOD ON FROZEN FUZZIES AND FED WEEKLY ON SUNDAYS. (I THINK THEY LIE ABOUT THIS, AS THEY DONT HAVE ANY INFO ON THE INDIVIDUAL SNAKES). SHE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO AN EXOTIC VET TO FIND OUT SEX. WE BOUGHT A REPTILE KIT(ALL INCLUSIVE), 3 FUZZIES, SOME CLIMBING BRANCHES AND A VINE. WE HAVE HAD HE OR SHE 2 WEEKS. ALL OF US LOVE DIAMOND. (MY SON NAMED). STILL WILL NOT FEED, BUT WE ARE BEING VERY PATIENT. ALL-IN-ALL I THINK THIS WILL NOT BE OUR LAST BP.