1. I remember holding a corn snake at the zoo once when I was like 12 and it fascinated me. It took me 18 years to finally take the plunge and now I'm thoroughly addicted!

2. About 2 years ago I decided I wanted to get a snake. It took me that long to make sure it wasn't an impulse thing and do the research on which kind of snake I wanted. I absolutely fell in love with bps. Even normals are absolutely beautiful. My only exposure was from several pet stores.

3. Once I decided on bps I thought I had done enough research but a lot of the information I got (from online and petstores) was very inaccurate. I wish I would have joined this site long before I actually purchased her. I also wish I would have purchased online from a reputable breeder. (not that I've had any problems with her, I just would've rather given my money to someone who actually cared about their animals) I thought the one I was purchasing at the pet store was cb not ch.

4. The internet has been a wonderful but confusing source of information. Which sites are more reliable than other and such. I took an average of all the information available and came close to having a good habitat for my new bp. I have found this site to be invaluable and very patient especially when I was first starting out and completely neurotic Of course not much has changed and you guys are still very paitent