Quote Originally Posted by kc261 View Post
That sums it up, but to give more details...

I guess maybe it started one time my sister was at a friend's house and when we were there to pick her up she and her friend saw a snake up in a tree. My dad helped them catch it. I don't really remember what happened to that snake. But there were 3 or 4 times when I was a little older that I'd catch a snake and keep it for a week or 2, feed it a mouse or 2, then let it go again. I guess maybe we did the same with that first one.

Fast forward to when I was in college. I volunteered at the local zoo. One of the things volunteers did was to take out "contact animals" that the zoo visitors could get really up close and personal with. One of my favorites were the 3 ball pythons. Ever since then, I'd always wanted one.

Then I was stupid enough to stay in a bad relationship for 10 years with a man who really didn't understand or share my love for animals. Having a fish tank in the house was pushing his limits. I won't go into all the negativity, but my experience with him and Charlie's experience with sleeping on the couch, but the wife eventually understanding, demonstrate how important it is that your partner understand (and preferably share) your love for animals!

Fast forward again, one day this past fall my BF and I took his daughter into a pet store we happened to be walking past, just for the fun of letting her see the animals. They had several snakes and other reptiles, including a ball python. I told my BF I wanted a ball python, and he said "ok, let's do it." I nearly fell down. So about a month and tons of research later, we went to the MARS show and brought home a normal girl hatchling!

We are all 4 (my bf, my daughter, and his daughter) very interested in reptiles. My daughter got a "Santa certificate" for a corn snake, but has decided she wants to cash it in sometime in the spring or summer when there will be more choices of little babies. His daughter (who is younger) got a betta, which we thought was a better start for her first pet. We aren't committing ourselves to anything yet, but we think after we move (probably this coming summer), we will get several more reptiles and possibly start breeding.
AWESOME story!! Hope the snake keeps the ex away...lol....best of luck with the move...sounds promising!! Thanks for sharing this!