I kind of don't like dogs or cats, especially cats, because I have horrible allergies. I can tolerate living with dogs, but cats are out of the question. This, and probably because I was interested in "exotic" pets since I was a child, we have had a turtle, iguana, and a frog. I don't know why snakes in particular, it was kind of a random idea at the moment, but once I started researching everything about them I became fascinated.