i am just your typical enthusiastic animal lover but when i got my first bp years ago i just thought it was cool. i had no idea what a bp required & the pet store employees didnt bother to tell me, they were making a sale. needless to say the snake eventually died & i still to this day, mourn the loss. i am gonna be getting another bp soon & am researching my butt off here so that i do not make the same mistakes i made years ago.