For me it was pastels. I owned reptiles prior to getting my first ball, which was 7 years ago. I sold that one, however, at the urging of my mother and mother-in-law. I knew that they snake wouldn't hurt my son however I was tired of hearing them nag so it went. I had lepard geckos and a corn snake after that and I would always look at animals online. I saw my first pastel and super pastel on Greg Graziani's website and I had to have a pastel (wanted to make a super as the super was too expensive). I didn't get my second BP until two years later, and my third came two years after that. That was a year ago and now I'm at 8! Should breed for the first time this year however I have wanted to since I got my male pastel back in January of 2008.