That feeling when you're tempted to rescue...

[Snagrio]

Even though you already talked yourself logically OUT of doing a rescue at this time in your life, I'll just add (for you or anyone that's reading) that you can also give your name & contact information TO those dog/cat shelters just to have on hand, because sometimes they hear from people wanting to surrender a reptile & this way, they can give out your #. Not saying that's a good idea in your case right now, but they may appreciate having you as a contact in case. You may have to remind them now & then though, because such shelters often depend on part-time volunteers rather than full-time workers, & they don't always get "the word". Anyway, it costs nothing to make the connection to them.

Not a bad idea for a later time. I really do mean later time though, it's very evident that I'm not in a position to take in more animals for the time being as I was talking with my mom about an enclosure I came across on Craigslist yesterday (an actually good one this time that I've scouted and asked questions about, I promise), and she not only kept saying how much money I've been spending lately (my aquarium project has been slaughtering my wallet but it's thankfully all but completed now except for a few fish in quarantine), but kept pressing me about selling the 55 gallon tank I have sitting around. Which I was secretly hoping to keep around for potential future snakes but, yeah...

Needless to say even if that snake wasn't already snapped up, it was never going to fly with my mother nor my wallet at this time. Like I said before, had my head in the clouds for a bit.