I always love when people ask this question because i love seeing everyones answers and their first snakes Ball pythons were never my first love. They became my favorite snake years later. I got my first constrictor about 13 years ago. An albino burmese. Less than a year later i got a common redtail boa and 2 kenyan sand boas. 7 years ago i got my first ball python. A normal. Then a few years later my first morph. A male pastel. Now i have 20 ball pythons. All of which are morphs except my original one and 2 surinam BCC (red tail). I love rainbow boas too and i have been trying hard to stay away from them but i'll probably have a couple of those before too long too.