with snakes that is.. or more specificly ball pythons. I'm sure everyone has a story, and i'll start by sharing mine.

I was in 3rd or 4th grade when i encountered my first pet snake. I was enrolled in a after school day care program and one of the teachers had a bp. It was full grown, maybe 3 feet, and to a little 8 year old, it was a force to be recconed with. I remember its name was Posse. but for some reason i was fasinated with it and the teacher let me hold him later in the evenings when things quieted down. This went on for a few months, and after a while i was that snake kid. if the snake was out, i was holding him or i was supervising whoever was. Well, one day i was sitting on the couch just letting him climb all over me when this kid tripped. Unfortionatly he was carrying a toothpick for some reason. Even more unfortionate is that when he tripped the toothpick went straight into the snakes eye. the snake didnt' strike me however, which the teacher said was very strange. he just sort of jerked and hid under me quickly. as you may have guessed, it died a few weeks later. I guess from then on I had always wanted a snake. It took moving out from my moms house and my own money, but it finally happened and I'm excited! but thats my story, if you guys have any interesting memories or stories i'd love to hear them. I'd also like to say that joining this community has been as pleasant as actually owning my snake.