unfortunately there is no friends or family who could adopt this guy. The only thing that i could think of is exchange this guy for a different snake and pay the difference, he had a gopher snake that i saw in the store but i know nothing about them, plus i don't know how i can let go of this guy though. My dad keeps saying that every thing will be fine, but i have big anxiety problems i can only look at the worst that could happen. i was up all night with nightmares of them taking him away from me. i hope we can work out a way to keep him