I have kept tons of different reptiles over the years and one tarantula who I named Denzel. Now, I have three cats, a budgie and a boa constrictor. Sadly, I am having to look for a new home for my boa because since I became pregnant with my second child I developed a fear out of nowhere towards him. I can't go near him! I love him to pieces but I just cannot face touching him. Even to the point that I am on edge when my husband unlocks the viv to feed him or clean him out etc.. I never had a fear of snakes before, I used to work in a reptile shop, two in fact, got bit plenty by various snakes some big some small and it never bothered me. Not even when I had a juvenile burm attached to my thumb! And she was a fair size even though juvenile. I still appreciate their beauty, but it's something I can't have in my home now makes me very sad.