You and Ghost are friends. Not close by any means, but still friends. He's been injured while on the field and now has some medical leave, but he needs someone to take care of him, so he asked to stay at your place while he healed.

He sits down in your living room, idly staring into the glass vivarium. You have a lizard; something you've mentioned before. So, he looks into the viv for it. He spots a snake staring back at him... A ball python, curled up under some plants and twigs. He freezes