Mainbutter, you have the coolest mom ever. Mine would never do something like that. She hardly ever even let's me get animal books because she thinks they're not fun. She doesn't get that what she considers fun is not what I consider fun. I've done alot of reaserch on ball pythons and other snakes. The thing about my mom is that she is in charge of the family. She wants something, she gets it regardless if we can afford it or if any one else will use it. She doesn't want us to get something there is not much we can do about it. She made my sister wait 5 months to get an album that she was paying for.