My first experience with snakes:
My biological father had snakes from when I was very young, and my parents' friend Craig had a garage full of racks, and tanks lining every wall in his house. I went through most of gradeschool in southern california, where herps are everywhere and I remember hiking through trails with my parents and the dogs, catching lizards and sidestepping diamondbacks (nearly stepped right into the middle of one coiled up).
I still get excited when I see a red tailed hawk or eagle in the sky. Hell, I was super giddy when I tossed french fries at the flock of seagulls at the closing K-mart parkinglot.. and 100+ swooped down and swarmed the car, blocking others from getting out of the lot. I get excited every time I find a garter snake or chorus frog.
My obsession is really with animals in general, not just herps, but it's worked out particularly well with meeting Brad (boyfriend, for those who don't know) that we ended up both having similar interests, and getting into ball pythons.
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