If you guys have seen my only other post, you know that my ball python, Sherman, has been wheezing occasionally. He does this sometimes when he moves around, its not constant. He eats fine and sheds fine too. Well my mom said a while back that she would take me to the vet if Sherman got sick. I asked her this morning if I could and she told me no as soon as I asked. She told me the $45 check up fee was expensive. I told her I'd pay with the $100 Christmas money she was going to give me since we don't do presents or a tree. She told me no because it was money that was coming from her. I don't understand why it matters because I have nothing better to get with it since I love my snake a lot and I'm not really interested in anything else. I'm thinking about asking someone I know to secretly take him to the vet and paying them without telling mom. I want to be able to show my future kids Sherman and move into my own small apartment with him and if something happens to him I really don't want to get another snake and replace him. I probably shouldn't get another snake if he died him since I wouldn't be able to take it to the vet. I just really hope nothings wrong with him.