I have been thinking about getting my first snake for a long time. I could not decide if I wanted a ball or RTB, and after about a year of reading researching etc... I decided to get a ball first (3 days ago) to make sure I get some experience under my belt before committing to a bigger species of snake. Now that I have this ball I'm going to see how it goes for a while then probably start with one more ball for a sexy girlfriend for him , then after some more time I will probably get a nice RTB hopefully. I think the difference in personality would be really cool to see. The only thing now is I am in college for 2 more years or so and space is hard to come by in an apt. What is your favorite locality RTB? I really really like the bold red colors and light grays of the Suriname RTB I think BCC??? or are they BCI??? Anywho thanks for the great question and good info from those of you who have both species experience.