I have 3 sons, the oldest being 10, then 8 and 7 and a little girl 4. We love to hike and run around in the woods, catching and releasing all sorts of critters. Salamanders, brown snakes, garter snakes, frogs, etc. My oldest asked to keep one of the garters he caught. So.....we get this set up, with a lamp and a heat pad and everything else, and keep this wild caught garter snake for 2 years before it passes. (We have no idea how old it was, but it was approx 2 1/2 ft long) So after the snake dies, Mom is surprised that she MISSES THE SNAKE! We look into snakes, figuring on a corn or milk snake, and then I see the Ball Pythons. They are the puppy dogs of the snake world. We price them everywhere in Rhode Island, and end up getting ours at Regal Reptiles in Providence, an awesome place for anyone interested in Herps. He's at the age now where we need to move him up to a bigger cage, so we'll have this 10 gal tank empty..........I think I like Bearded Dragons.

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