We adopted our adult BP as a family pet for our two sons. We had been thinking about it for some time, then the oportunity came up and Slinky has been with us for 6 months now. Slinky decided to try and eat my husband very early on which made us all more wary than we were originally. I was the one who had to overcome that for everyone by making sure I poked around in his tank to keep things clean, fresh water etc. I eventually got to stroking him while in the tank, and eventually (I felt so brave) I started taking him out. Now Slinky and I are the best of friends and my youngest son handles him too. My older son will watch him if he's out but my husband is still not ready to handle him, although he does help out with cleaning and spraying etc.

Needless to say I am very excited about the upcoming NY Expo, as I am taking my boys to get a baby corn snake