What a proud father I am. No, no, don't run away with your thoughts, no babies in sight ... but but a proud father of Hiisi a Honduran Milk Snake. I was feeling a bit lonely and bored recently which is a very bad combination in my case because I always end up doing something I've meant to do for a long time.

The cute little hadinko is all fun and games, just like his daddy. He was exploring and investigating my room yesterday flicking his beautiful forked tongue and sensing everything around. He even managed to get into my jacket pocket and made himself comfortable there.

I've been wanting to get a pet since I came over to Ireland. After spending all my life with dozens of cats, and all other sorts of animals it was a bit difficult adapting to a petless life. Well now at last I found the animal I was looking for. It's clean, low maintenance, has splendid colours and well behaved. The best part of it is that I can go on holiday without having to worry about it because I only need to feed it once a week. This is the thing that tipped the balance towards the snake otherwise it would have been a bearded dragon or some sort of lizard. I like snakes anyways and I've always wanted a milk snake since that time I decided to get Suede (may he rest in peace) the ball python.

I got Hiisi from Reptile Haven in Fishamble street and I must say that the service there is brilliant. I really recommend anybody looking for a reptile to pay a visit to the place. Ben is very knowledgeable, helpful and he knows what he's doing. He takes into consideration the well being of the animal being sold, not only the money he's making from it.