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I recently have been totally consumed myself " and its not the first time though ill explain". It all started in january when i passed NERD visiting my girlfriend in NH. I literally FREAK OUT scared the @#!$ out of her i swear she almost drove off the road!!! All the months of driving up there i had no clue how close the morph gods were haha! Since then Its been non stop researching and buying I started off with telling myself i was going to start off slow because i know how addicting buying them can be... You know how this goes one turned to two two turned into three ext ext... Now im at 8 animals! 2 hogs and 5 bps and cant forget my uromastyx. This is not my first experience with the ball python craze though. I had to get rid of my original collection of 10 snakes and 2 lizards about a year and a half ago due to college.. I couldn't tell you how devastating i was heart broke... After parting with my collection i completely erased any interest i had in ball pythons and reptiles because i didn't want to relive the situation i was just put through until now. Im at the stage of my life were i can devote the time and effort of keeping and breeding snakes. My girlfriend is having a real tough time with it she is very scared and uncomfortable with them.. But i hope this will smooth over within the next couple of months or even years.. I don't think i could part with them again but we have come to an agreement that i am not allowed anymore lol I think its will get easier on her i did just get 7 snakes in the last three months so i can understand why shes going through with what shes going through. I have come to the conclusion that i cant live without reptiles in my life and its been an interest i have had since i was a kid like most of us. As for the obsessive fauna classifieds and kingsnake classifieds searching i feel like if i convince myself that i cant afford to feed another mouth or house any more hatchlings and focus on what i have and be happy with what i can currently create it will eventually go away. Thats what i had to do my first time around atleast because it was just as bad lol
I really like this post and would love to hear your guys stories also!