When is enough, enough? One more addition?

[Bogertophis]

News flash: for many of us, that itch never stops, as long as you're breathing & able to see a beautiful reptile that you could possibly maybe take home.

We don't all have the same ability (time, money, energy, space) to care for lots of animals, so the actual number is an individual thing, but it helps to remind
ourselves now & then what it looks like when someone gets in over their heads and burns-out. It's not fair to the animals, and sometimes life isn't fair to us
either...heath issues can intervene with no warning, for example, making even a modest number of pets "too many". And time itself can change things.

I think we all need to do a little "soul-searching" every now & then...when you love animals, there's always another one that needs rescued or bought. As with
all things unique, it's easy to give in to the impulse-buys ("this is a chance of a lifetime! I can't pass this up")...it's not only pets but most other collectibles etc.

Maybe keeping a list on hand of all the negatives to getting yet another one would help...but sometimes the best thing is to just wait a while, a few days or so,
to see if you really can't live without it. (You probably can.) "Negatives" include feeling guilty for not spending more time with "XYZ"... One way to talk
yourself OUT of something is to really imagine its flaws. ("I'm pretty sure it's inbred & has mites...")

But it's all up to you, & I look forward to pictures of your new little one...