I got Houdini when I was 10, and my grandpa told me I could get a snake without my parents' permission. At under a week old, he escaped from the tank in the store, and I got a 'you find him and he's free' deal. Being 10, I lost interest in him fairly quickly and he just sat in the upstairs room for about 11 years.

This past year I was having a really rough time. I started handling him a lot more as a stress-reliever, and then I started wondering what I could do to make him more content, so I ended up here. This forum is really largely responsible for reigniting my interest in garters (and for Houdini getting a future girlfriend!). Haha, psychological therapy snakes. That's what they are, and that's why I enjoy keeping them lol