You bet I do. The variations on this guys - red, yellow, green, dark phase, light phase, hi contrast, jaguar pattern, stripes, etc. The morphs - albino, pink pastel albino, hypo, super hypo, axanthic, anerythristic, and the combinations thereof provide limitless and exciting possibilites. Did I miss anything...

The feel of the roughscale as it goes through your fingers, the big eyes, the snout - it's magical.

Its small size, big appetite, hardiness and ease of handling make caring easy.

Yes, they can be picky eaters at times. But once you find what they like, such as giving them fuzzy instead of weaned mouse, live versus F/T or scented, or even raising the temp, they become voracious feeders.

They make a good display animal as well because they are diurnal.

I can see myself going hog wild, puffing and hissing on this species, minus the striking and playing dead of course.

Ooh..how about leucistics and possibly snow...

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