I've been showing my husband the pictures of all your beautiful snakes, and telling him how much I want a BP. I love my rosies, but I greatly miss the BP I had so many years ago, and would like another. (More snakes the merrier!) He had it in his head that a BP is a big constrictor, so I had to set the record straight, tell him they only max out at around 4 or 5 feet, maybe an exception 6 feet. Then he was worried it could still do serious damage, so I had to tell him they aren't aggressive snakes, and I've never heard of anyone being injured by one. Told him the only time I ever had a problem with my BP was when *I* made the mistake of sticking my hand in his cage when it was feeding time (food was already present). My fault, not the snakes, and that snake let go faster than you could say "serendipity" when he realized it was NOT prey he was latched on to. He still wasn't convinced.

So I just kept dropping hints. "Look at this snake! Its so pretty! I want a ball python."

Finally he said, "I'll tell you what..." and a deal was made. Once he has a regular job (he just got out of the active army, and though he's still in national guard he won't get a regular paycheck from that, needs a civilian job for the in between times) we can look at getting a BP. I added to that, after the house is done being painted and completely put away. (We've been in this house 2.5 years, and half of the rooms are painted, but we still have boxes that need to be unpacked. Most of those we are waiting until the rooms are painted, so we can put everything away without have to move it later to paint.) Done deal.

Now I just need to read up and update my knowledge. The snake I had did well, but what I've read already there are some things I did/was told to do then that are no longer recommended. Any one recommend any good books too? I like having books on hand as a quick reference and to read when I'm away from a computer.

Guess I need to start deciding what morph I like best too! There are so many choices!