Parents and reptiles!

[blackcrystal22]

If a 20 year old came here and said he wants to breed ball pythons in a year before he even owned ONE, then I would have prolly been even more harsh.

Anyways, good luck kid. Sounds like you have life planned out to a T

He's 15 years old. So how will he be 17-18 after a year of owning one?

But seriously dude, the "drug" thing makes no sense. Why would your only 2 options be buying a Ball Python or smoking crack? Please....

Theres other options like "save your money till your entirely sure" or "buy a car". It dosn't have to be buy a snake or smoke crack cocaine does it? wtf

Not to sound like a jerk even more.... but where will you go in life without a car? Seriously.... You can't even have a job if you don't have a car unless you live a few blocks away or have like a train to take in a big city.

So if he's planning on getting a job to "buy a super pastel and killer bees yada yada yada" hows he going to get to work? Have his parents drive him to work everyday till he builds up his multi-thousand dollar collection? Isn't there a thing in life called priorities? Or has this idea of "priorities" completely gone to crap? You guys think I am being mean or whatever but your seriously leading this kid on to be completely dissapointed.

Actually as I kid I had plenty. I worked to get everything I wanted.

I never thought about buying tons of snakes and breeding them before I had a way to get to work though.

And really, unless you want to live in the same town your entire life and never leave to even go on a small road trip or vacation, or EVER work anywhere but a small place 2 blocks from your house, then you are going to need to buy a car. What about college? Is he gonna walk to college too? He gonna walk his wife to their honeymoon too?

Priorities > Snakes

Youd rather have more snakes over a car? LOL wow okay bro

Well, Kaorte tried to be nice about it.. but since it obviously didn't work.. here comes Jess, the big mean 'ole cranky lady!

You really have a nasty attitude, and to be honest, I'm getting quite sick of it. I started keeping reptiles when I was 10 years old. Got my first leopard gecko. No big deal. I started keeping snakes over 5 years ago, and now I'm 19, in college, and have a collection of 26 reptiles.

This is my passion. And my mom supports me 100% on it. Would I own snakes over a car? YOU BET I WOULD.
I take the train to school, I don't need a car, I could get a bike if I have to, or take the bus. Also, I don't live in the city, at all. People just don't know how to get off their butts and use their legs and walk. I stay fit and I don't pay for gas, a car, and insurance!

Did I have a job at his age? Nope. My family is poverty stricken but I earned my money working odd jobs for something I can truly enjoy, and now that I'm old enough to have multiple steady jobs, I can really pursue my passion and build a collection.

This is one of the most responsible sounding 15 year old or younger kid that I have ever seen come on to these forums (besides coolio, who just about wins the award!).

He's so responsible, that I'm going to PM him with some personal advice because he doesn't deserve to look through all these posts of negativity. Go be pessimistic somewhere else.