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That is the challenge! We rarely run the heater during the winter months right now, and in Texas its not terrible, but some days the house will drop to 50. Fortunately, I have enough heaters running and well enough insulated caging that the room temperature they stay in hovers around 70 constantly regardless of the rest of the house. My mom's biggest snake issue came with my Boa as well. She never liked the fact it "looked" exotic which she then deemed venomous. Then as it got larger she started getting more and more worried. . . She still cringes at the big stuff, and is not OK with the fact that the backyard is about to be a rabbit breeding facility just for my retics, but some how, she's become acceptant. Guess she knows I won't be around the house too much longer. Glad to hear the Boyfriend was able to hold on to her at least! And you can never have too many boas, I just picked up a Sunglow and Snow myself :-) --> http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...k-Sunglow-Male

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I think size plus the bags of dead rats were the dealbreaker. The snake they would learn to get over eventually, I'm sure. Dead rodents? Ehhh... And I can't run heaters, my dad is this energy-conservation nut and since he pays the mortgage we have to play by his rules. But he's a big guy so he thinks it's a nice temperature. My mom and I, however, are constantly cold. But I miss being able to see my boa whenever I want, and even though I know my boyfriend knows how to care for her, I go all "mom-mode" and fret that something might happen when I'm not around. Also, if we had a basement, I think my parents would've let me keep my snakes down there because that way, they wouldn't have to see them and could just pretend they don't exist.

And yes! At first I thought I'd go into breeding BP's, but now I really wanna breed boas. They're just so awesome. I want to get into the big boys too (burms, retics, MAYBE annie's) but I won't even start thinking about all that stuff until I'm settled into a house or a place that I own, not rent. And that Snow you have is GORGEOUS.