Oh wow this thread blew up again.
While not even REMOTELY on the same level as a retic or other giants, I feel the same about my dream of getting a Vietnamese blue beauty snake in terms of waiting until the time is right with the research and resources and what have you. The little corn snake I brought home a couple months ago has been rather ornery lately (a bad combination of moving to a new enclosure and then entering shed soon after has left him in a very defensive state, I'm leaving him be best I can for the time being), and part of me is weirdly happy about that? My only experience beforehand has been with a completely placid ball python, and I want a snake with more fire in their bones so I can "work up" to a VBB, who will be larger, faster and potentially more testy than any corn.
Not that I want him or a future VBB is constantly flip out every time they see me of course, but the idea is I'll be "practiced" and know how to deal with it.
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