Great suggestion Aleesha. Find yourself a herp vet and heck you can even take a bit of that tax money and start an emergency account there if you are worried about something happening down the road (drop a $100 bucks off and have a credit with the vet sort of thing). Basically though if you buy your snake from a reputable breeder, who has it already well started, it's healthy and has been sexed for you, you are already way ahead of the game. If you buy it from a petstore you may be setting yourself up for issues and expenses. If I was worried about vet costs, I'd probably go with the breeder option as it tends to work out better usually.