When I was 15 it was my mom with all the reptiles. I would wake up and go to get something to eat and my mom had pinkies thawing out on the counter for her Savana monitor "Joanna" yuck! I wish my mom had bps back then lol. As it is I've got a little normal female here at MY house for her cuz my DAD won't let her have snakes! Lol... She has tons of reps.. Mt. Horn dragons, eyelash gekos, lepord gekos, bearded drogons geez some I can't even remember. Plus she is breeding mice for me cuz MY husband won't let me have mice here lol guess it was a fair trade but I wish my dad would change his mind. Bps are great! Anyhow to the op.... Right on dude! Like many have said on here, get your folks to the store and get em used to bps. They might change thier minds. Good luck with everything and don't forget to give us all an update. I'm sure we would all like to know how it all turns out for you. Glad your part of this forum now... Lots of great people on here that know what they are talkin about... Thats the whole reason I joined this forum. Thanks to everyone with positive feed back. Keep it real