How did your collection start?

My first BP was bought after shopping around for a pet snake. I bought it from PetSmart. I just wished I had of done my research before I bought then but I didn't. I know have 5 in my collection of BPs and one nicaraguan boa they just are not in my care and I can get them back when I am stable. but I will say this I DEARLY miss my snakes. And to make it worse the people I am around right now does not have a clue as to what my animals mean to me.

I started out breeding corn snakes cuz I was fascinated with genetics and they were fairly easy to breed. After the corns I wanted to try a BP, and started with a normal female only for a year to ensure I could care for them properly. A year later I purchased a pastel male and it's been a budding addiction since. I just love them

I started with a normal girl (though with blushing all the way up to her back, speckling on her sides, and a nearly clear belly, she's one heckuva normal), then got a coral albino red tail, a male halloween crestie, my black eye type 2 anery w/ genetic stripe Nicaraguan boa, and now I'm fostering a huuuge corn (possibly a mix? She's a bit different). Depending on how things pan out my next couple snakes will be a spinner male and/or an ATB, and maybe a couple crestie girlfriends for my boy :D

Started with a brazilian rainbow boa, then a het pied pair, pastel, cinnamon, butter and then a crestie. :)

My ball collection started with this ivory female in 2009, she was actually my first snake. After that, I bought a Butter Pastel female... I now have 30 ball pythons :) You know how it is..

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Well i only have one now, but went into a petshop for a lizard and walked out with a male pinstripe lol. But im getting another bp this time a female, just have to figure out if i want a pewter, cinnamon, black pewter, or a black pastel so many choices lol.

Well Im not into breeding yet but once my fiance and I buy a house Im going to start, but I started with my normal girl Lou and then I just got my RTB Tiberius. I plan on Breeding Lou but Im not sure if I plan to breed Ti I dont mind the size of the Red tails but I dont want to have to build an extention on to what ever place we get lol.

My first was a male normal, you know, because I only wanted one and wanted him to stay small :rolleyes:

Next was a male pastel, then a male mojave and female spider (at the same time), then two female normals, then a female pastel, then a male orange ghost, then female albino, and to finish it off I got FIVE snakes from my boyfriend for Christmas which were a female lesser, female fire, female pinstripe and a pair of yellowbellies.

In between all of them I got a male boa (somewhere around the time of the two female normals, just before anyways), and a female boa, and a male corn snake. Then of course my miscellaneous geckos, tarantulas and tortoise lol. I found out very quickly why it's called an addiction :oops:

I started out with a bearded dragon 07ish then i convinced my parents to get a BP mojave in 08. Man i wish i held on to him!! But moving up to college made me sell both of them :(
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I think it is interesting how everyone's collection started! I hope to be able to get a few more (or a lot more) in about 2 months when we move to our new home. I can't decide what I want yet though. Thanks for sharing everyone!!:D