Okay, with the knowledge that I can have a burmese python if I want it, I've been doing heavy research. I've handled full grown burmeses and I can probably get some recent large python handling at my local petstore. They currently have a 19ft Reticulated python there for sale. Beautiful snake. However, I've been trying to get an idea of how much it'll cost me to feed a 14+ ft snake. The petstore can get baby goats and pigs to feed him but baby goats will cost anywhere from $2-4 dollars per lb. I'm just not sure that I really want to have that kind of food bill. So I've decided to hold off on getting the burm for a few years. I'm going back to school soon to finish my degree and aquire a teaching certificate. Once I move into a teachers position (which will be a while since there's no position open yet anyway here) I'll end up making a lot more money than I currently am. So at that time the food bill wont be as much of an issue. But in the meantime I can get other snakes. I have a female Red tail boa and she'll get to be pretty big. So I can always get my big snake fix through her when she's full grown. At the local petstore, there is a dwarf reticulated python. He/she is 7 years old and looks to be around 5 feet long. I think I'm going to start handling it and seeing about it's temperment. The owner says he/she is pretty docile and he's had her/him for 3 years now. Its very active as well and so can be fun to watch. The thing is she's $500 and so it'll be a while before I can get the snake. I doubt it'll sell anytime soon so hopefully I got time. But I'm also interested in getting a ball python! Lol! So I'm not yet sure what I want to do. I want so many of them but I need to win the lottery lol! Hopefully a snake can be on my christmas list this year, whichever it'll be! Lol! I swear I'm going to end up being the crazy snake lady.