I wanted a snake since I was 6-7 years old, but my parents hate snakes and I was too young to research or know any better anyway. Then I've wanted a ball python since I was 12, and then did more research before moving out after graduating college, so I finally got one for myself!
Then I think I got my second ball python only two months after that, and my dumeril's boa about 3 months after THAT, after realizing how low-maintenance these animals are. And then it just kept my interest and kept going! LOL
I'm mostly just a collector of diverse species, but I've tried breeding one of my male ball pythons a couple years ago with a female that didn't ovulate... And then I'm pairing him again this year with two females. and hoping to find a nice male for my tanimbar scrub python female too to make more babies!