We started by buying a ball python for our youngest son. We now have about 20 snakes, 2 lizards, and a red eyed tree frog. Oh, yeah, and Smulkin's tarantualas. I'm not sure how many there are - around 6, I think. So yeah, addiction is a good way to describe it. And it's more addictive than tattoos: Smulkin has 3; I have 2.