My interest in snakes all started out as a joke. My boyfriend is allergic to anything that has fur, and we were in Petco once and he jokingly said "Well I'm not allergic to snakes, we should get a ball python!" we laughed about it, then I got to thinking, well if it's the only sort of pet I can get... why not? Of course two months later, we're still setting up our first tank, and we plan on getting a bunch of snakes! We haven't even gotten one and we're hooked.
So, anytime when people ask me "Why a snake?" the answer is simple: Boyfriend is allergic to everything else!