snakes are cool but get a lil boaring after a while i have 4 snakes and all they eat is rats in the future i will feed them guina pigs ratbits pigs hamsters and differnt things like that but lizards eat crickets and bugs thats pretty cool if you get a monitor they eat raw meat raw chicken and all kinds of things if i were you i would begggggg you parents to get you a bp or a corn snakes or a king snake or maybe a milk snake and a lizard (i mean i snake and a lizard)it would be cool for a newbie liek you to have 2 diffent herps also remember that expensive like houseing and stuff cost alot more then the snake liek mulch i dont use muclh any more cuz it cost alot after a while i use newspaper also heating, fake plants , food and all kinds of stuuf cost money and time to cuz if they dont eat you get worried and soem people are liek omg my snake isnt eatin i hear it all the time they dont have patiencE also its a comitment any questions pm me