I think my mom would be willing to spend about $2,000 on a snake for me. Possibly a bit more.
I'm going to buy all the supplies; all I asked was that she buys the snake for me. Hehe.

She told me I should work in sales. I was like, "Well, if a snake that can live for 20 years in captivity costs $2,000, that really only comes out to being $100 per year! So really, it's not that bad of a deal!" LOL