Well after once again being a "herp owner" for the past couple of weeks, I'm definitely addicted. I've been thinking of what I could eventually see myself having five, ten, or fifty years from now.
I think at the moment I will stick with ball pythons, I'd like to get two males and at least another female sometime in the next three years, so I can try my hand at producing some babies! I'm sure once I do start breeding, the number of snakes I have could very well explode.
I'd like to have a boa of some sort, I'm thinking I'd be more than happy with a red tailed boa. This wouldn't be for breeding, most likely. I just like that they get pretty big, but it will take some convincing of the GF to get her to accept "bigger" snakes. She still thinks that a 12 inch skinny-as-heck garter snake is "normal" sized. She will learn
I have always been fascinated by lizards. Bearded dragons, water dragons, iguanas, monitors, and other large lizards are just SO COOL. If I am ever in the position to care for iguanas, I know that I would love to get into rescuing them from bad homes. For right now I know that I can't take care of them though.
If I ever get up the nerve some day, I might look into giant snakes. It would be so rewarding to care for beasts like burms or retics. We'll see what happens 25 years from now when I've got a farm and can breed my own feeder rabbits.
For now I have my eyes set on ball pythons and one red tailed boa down the line. How about you guys? Any dreams about species you don't already have?
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