My first was a Normal I bought around 1989 after graduating high school, sadly it died a few months after I got it. I was told by the seller that they could go months between eating sometimes so when he didn't eat for several weeks I thought it was normal behavior, my suspicion now was that he had a RI or some other ailment that I didn't know about. I toyed with the idea of getting back into snakes over the years but my first wife was terrified of them, then work and moving around and life in general intervened. Now today we have 8 because initially my 8yo son kept catching local snakes, skinks, and anoles and wanted to keep them but we didn't have a proper tank or viv to house them in. Then last christmas we bought him a tank for keeping anoles and skinks in and that eventually turned into a normal BP we bought at the local Petco. This time I was determined to not have him die on me so I got a bunch of books and read everything I could find online too. Once we learned about all the different morphs and we went to a local reptile show we were all hooked including my current wife who loves reptiles.