Hi. I'm new here and I really enjoyed reading everybody's story. I'm a grad student and I live alone. I have a cat but she lives with my mother 300 miles away as I am not permitted to have furry quadraped pets in my apartment, oh and I'm rather allergic to her. I keep very large ciclids and enjoy them very much but I wanted a pet to interact with a little more physically. I spend almost all my waking hours studying or working in the lab and it would be really nice to come home and have something to feed, water, watch, and maybe hold in my lap. Fish are my first love in life, hence I am working on a degree in aquatic pathology but my fish are mature and require little care from me even if they are large and they are soothing and interesting to watch but......So one night as I was almost asleep it occurred to me that a snake would make a nice pet. I've never been afraid of snakes and a snake can't make me sneeze. I did a lot of research and then found a good herp shop and went and got a baby ball python who is now named Clove and who is quite the "lap snake" I'd like to add that the only things more challenging to care for than large cichlids are children and dogs in excess of 100lbs. I've had my fish, who reside in a 75 gallon tank (80lbs empty about 800 full), all through college and I have brought them everywhere with me (several thousand miles) so this snake is a piece of cake to care for!

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