It's an addiction, in case you haven't figured it out already. I have always loved nature, loved to hunt in the woods for slamanders, snakes, frogs, catching tadpoles, caterpillars, you name it, I was out looking for it. As I grew older, and had my own children, We would do the same. One time I left a dead brown snake on the dashboard of my mothers car because i had found it in the parking lot at work and wanted to bring it home to show the kids. My Mom said, "Kathy, you're 35 years old! When are you going to stop this?!?!?!"

Well, we had hermit crabs and the like, and then my oldest found a garter snake. We decided to keep it for a bit. It was a great snake, fed it earthworms that we kept in the fridge (to my mothers dismay when she came over for dinner...). When it passed, we had this tank....and I really missed having a snake....so we started to research a good first snake and after about 6 months, got a baby ball python. It was all down hill from there. Our collection is still small, as we rent, but when we get a house...WATCH OUT! I'd like to try breeding, and expand my collection. Luckily, my husband is getting into the hobby right along with the rest of us! It makes it so much easier when you have a willing partner.
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1.1 Ball Python

0.0.1 corn snake

0.0.1 Bearded Dragon

0.0.2 fish

1.2 cats

3.1 kids

1.0 husband

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