I held/bought my first snake last year at the age of 25. My Fiance' wanted something to keep her busy at home while I was at work all day. Out of no where she said she wanted a snake and we did our researched and decided a ball python would be our best choice. We ended up going to Petsmart to look at them but I did not want a normal. Luckily we found a local pet shop who's owner breeds his own BP's and we purchased our pastel. After that I just got hooked on everything ball python. I wanted to learn as much as I can about them, their genes, breeding, care, anything I can I try to soak up and that obsession is still going strong. We got our second BP from a local Repticon show near me, we weren't expecting to purchase one but we just had to have him when we saw him.