For the same reason you don't (or eventually wont) still live/leach off your parents. Not exactly the same, but it's gotta be nice.

i had a corn snake when i was younger for about 6 or 7 years

bought him when he was just a foot long and grew to be near 5 foot...gave him away to a kindergarten classroom in my later years of high school

was sad but I had stopped taking care of him so I felt it was time to give him up :/

They're nice snakes. Good size, not to big to freak people out, but not a tiny little worm of a thing.

What color/pattern?

Had an albino one (my Uncle breeds them, along with other snakes, so had my choice) but it got sick and died 2-3 weeks in to having it. Had this once since she was a 3 weeks old

Soz bout the loss.

No snakes where I live

got pics?

I wish... Need to invest in a camera one of these days.