I've always loved snakes since I can remember, I was never scared of them and when I encountered any in the wild I'd have to pick it up. We only have garter snakes here where I live up in Canada so I never had to worry about ever finding venomous snakes. My mom owned a pet store and she was going to see the local snake breeder to see what he had and how he did things. My mom always made sure she got her animals from legit sources. Well she decided to take me along since she knew how much I love snakes. Well when we got there he had lots of ball pythons, all breeders, except one little baby normal ball python that hadn't sold yet. I had him in my hand and he was just so cute, staying there to get some of my heat, even my mom found him adorable and she wasn't the biggest snake fan.
I know it's a terrible thing to do but it was an impulse buy, I just had to have him and he was only $40 too. My mom already had a display terrarium set up in the store (which was in the house) so I didn't have to worry about needing to find all the supplies as I could just go downstairs to the store and get anything I needed. The only thing we were both worried about was my dad getting angry but he didn't mind at all as long as I took care of him. Well once I got him I spent hours researching about ball pythons and got his enclosure set up properly.
I was 23 when I got my little Crowley and now over 5 years later I still have him and just love him so so much. He has been an amazing therapy pet and the best little companion I could ever ask for. I'm so glad I got him, I almost didn't as I usually like to research pets before getting them but the breeder explained mostly everything before I did buy him. Buying him was the best decision I've ever made, now Crowley is ever so spoiled having his own room to come out and play in.
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