How long has she been wanting a snake? Do you think this could just be a "fad" so to speak..where in a few months she will get sick of cleaning the cage and handling it every day and such? If they arent handled quite a bit, they do tend to forget who you are, thats when they get nippy...they're scared. I tend to do that myself, being only 21 (well i'll be 21 in about 56 days...close enough!) so what I did was held off for about 4 months and I was just as determined as ever to get one so i did..kept it for a month or so...then over the period of 2 more months i got 4 more. lol.

But yeah make sure you are willing to accept the responsibility of taking care of the snake if she loses interest. these can live upwards if not more than 20 years.
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Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Neonate Black Rat (het for Lic Stk's) (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

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• First snake? - MikeST, Mon Oct 4 08:44:25 2004
• RE: First snake? - qime, Mon Oct 4 09:02:33 2004
• RE: First snake? - MikeST, Mon Oct 4 09:30:42 2004
• RE: First snake? - janome, Mon Oct 4 10:22:27 2004
• There are alot of great breeders out there....more - Spardawolf, Mon Oct 4 10:36:59 2004
• RE: There are alot of great breeders out there....more - MikeST, Mon Oct 4 12:52:23 2004
• RE: There are alot of great breeders out there....more - qime, Mon Oct 4 15:24:34 2004
• RE: There are alot of great breeders out there....more - draybar, Mon Oct 4 17:01:26 2004
• The Anery A's are also referred to as the black albino... - Spardawolf, Mon Oct 4 17:02:36 2004
• Something else to look at... - crtoon83, Mon Oct 4 14:12:22 2004
• RE: First snake? - snakefamily, Tue Oct 5 20:11:52 2004
• RE: First snake? - crtoon83, Wed Oct 6 00:51:04 2004
• RE: First snake? - snakefamily, Wed Oct 6 10:46:41 2004