Two of my snakes are hand me downs. Cleopatra my cornsnake started off as a class pet for first graders after the school year the teacher no longer wanted her and gave her to a good freind of mine who took good care of her for about a year, then when she hit the 2 foot mark he was afraid to get her out of the tank (I dont know why she has the best behavoir of any snake or reptile I have ever seen), then I got her and the rest is history. King Tut my BP was also a hand me down from a freind of my girlfreind. The girl who had Tut first also did take good care of her but when she got pregnant she no longer wanted the snake and gave Tut to me.