"Okay you haven't seem to read what I've been saying though. I've loved snakes since I was 6. I've been reading and learning about since I was probably 8. My mom finally let me get my first BP when I was 12, and said if I didn't take care of it she would get rid of it. I still have that snake today and have since added a second, spotted python to my collection. And just because my dad has agreed to help me pay for them doesn't mean I'm irresponsible! Please don't think just because when you were 14 or other 14 year olds now are irresponsible. I'll admit there are many who are, and I'm very good friends with possibly the most irresponsible 14 year old ever! I'm not saying there are irresponsible 14 year olds. I'm saying I'm not one.

I've cared for my snake for 2 years and now I'm ready to try something like breeding. I really appreciate the other answers rather than yours. And I'll state it one more time so hopefully you see it, WHY NOT MAKE MONEY DOING SOMETHING I LOVE? G'day."

If your first post was like the one above we wouldn't have started out on the wrong foot. Instead your first sentence was this.

"I want to start ball python breeding to get a little money."

From that sentence I got the feeling you had just learned there is a dollar to be made in reptiles. Your next post seemed to confirm my suspicions about your interest and your family's obsession with money.

I get 80 dollars a month from my parents as an allowance and I get atleast 1500 dollars in gifts throughout the year so I've got a pretty good source of income, and my dad is kind of helping me start he makes a six figure salary so money truly isn't a huge issue.

Nothing wrong with an allowance or gifts, hopefully your parents have you doing something to earn the allowance. I know it has been over four decades since I was fourteen, and maybe times have changed, but I never knew how much money my parents made or throw around the term "six figure salary"

Maybe I misjudged you, maybe not.

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