Hey all! I came across this site the other day when doing some research on enclosures and couldn’t help joining. I’m not very good at introductory posts, so please bear with me.

I’m Tessa, just your average 23 year old graduate student attempting to maintain a small bit of sanity. I’ve loved reptiles in general for just about as long as I can remember which definitely set me apart from my family and friends who are quite scared of them, haha. Some of my fondest memories are of catching Garter Snakes and Gecko’s in the back yard and then chasing my mom around with them (I was just trying to show her how pretty they were).

Over the years I’ve owned numerous lizards, my favorite being my bearded Dragon, Zilla. However, snakes have always been my favorite animal but I have never had the opportunity to own one since both of my parents were terrified of them. Now that I live on my own and am done with undergrad (eeeewwww dorms), I feel I am in a good position to own a snake now. I fell in love with Balls and am going to be getting one in the next couple of weeks. Right now I am working on getting an enclosure ready a little at a time. All I need for the enclosure right now are some hides, a bowl, and some fun stuff for the little guy to play on. I’m a researcher by nature and don’t want to just jump into being a snake owner without knowing what to do.


Anyhow, that intro came out longer then I thought it would! Sorry for my spelling and grammar – English is not my first language.


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