Exotic Pets

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I have been keeping exotic pets for about 30 years. The collection changes over time, but I’m currently mostly working with snakes, including ball pythons, boa constrictors, corn snakes, blood pythons, super dwarf reticulated pythons, and sand boas. I have about 30 snakes and I have successfully bred ball pythons. I also keep tarantulas. At one point I had over 100 tarantulas and I was a member of the American Tarantula Society, but these days I just have five adults and a tupperware of about 100 babies … Working with these animals is a deep meditation. They are beautiful, a form of living art. Holding them and taking care of them calms me and provides moments of peace in my otherwise very active life.