She asked consistently for one for 2 years.
She has always been fascinated by snakes. It was a process for me. I love nature but snakes... they seemed scary. Pretty from afar , not up close thank you....kind of a thing for me. Whereas my daughter from the age of 3 was in love with them. She always spent birthday money on snake stuffed animals, toys, books. She’d spend hours watching Nature shows. We had reptile birthdays at the local nature center. It’s really through her that I began finding snakes not just beautiful but cute as well.
I’m a total convert.