My husband... The snake breeder?

First off, let me say that I love my husband. I mentioned him a few times in my last couple of blogs.

That being said, he is weird!

When I think of snake breeders, I envision single guys who live in little houses around Louisiana and Alabama. They have snakes in every nook and cranny of their already too small homes. The most popular way, I have seen from pictures, is to house all of these snakes in individual plastic containers. Not big totes, but drawer sized clear ones you can get for 3 bucks. This is just a weird hobby, at least to me.

When I met my husband, the non-snake breeder, he had a ball python (Killer), a bearded dragon (Rupert), and a small black Lab (Maggie). I had a black cat named Taz. (Rightfully named after the Tasmanian devils). I could live with a few reptiles in the house.

* You would not believe how photogenic a bearded dragon could possibly be! Sooo cute!!

Well, last summer Rupert expired. (RIP Ruppie). Unbeknownst to my husband, the still non-snake breeder, Rupert had decided to spend his final days in his food dish.

We didn't know right away if he was dead or just resting. You see, reptiles go through periods of no activity and we just thought Rupert had picked this time to 'rest'.

After about a month, I started to get on Non-Snake Breeders' case about the sad state of his beloved dragon. (I'm pretty sure by this time I was more attached to said dragon than Mr. Non-Snake Breeder). He just looked like he had no more color and was in the most awkward of positions, half in and half out of the dish.

We went out of town for a week, but when we got home Non-Snake Breeder decided to physically check on dragon. No signs of life. Now it was time to bury the little guy. (This is definitely Non-Snake Breeders' job).

We have had an empty cage, not one of those small plastic drawers, for a few months now. I brought this up the other day, knowing my husband has had thoughts of getting another snake. (I wish he wanted a dragon more. I loved that little guy!) He jumped at the idea of filling it up with another ball python. (Apparently ball pythons are supposed to be the smallest and most docile snakes in the snake kingdom). * This information coming from Mr. Non-Snake Breeder, so I don't know how reliable it is. Not that I think he would lie, but maybe he's being a little generous so I will say yes.

I have had concerns about having such creatures in the house, especially now that we are expecting a little one of our own and hearing some horror stories of snakes eating babies. But, Mr. Non-Snake Breeder intends to become Mr. Snake Breeder, if only I will say yes.  

* Hmmm, what to do?

                               * Our son, Cody, being brave with Killer around his neck. *