Yeah I have had maybe 5 over the years. During one of the times I lived in the UK, many years ago my parents bought me my first Retc when I was I think 17. That snake had me hooked, in more ways than one. He was typical Retic at first but soon calmed down and became really tame and just the most beautiful snake. It was just about every colour you can imagine with wonderful bright orange eyes.
Without wanting to start yet another pointless exotic debate I just hope one day sanity prevails and a workable system gets introduced to allow experienced keepers to get the chance to keep these wonderful animals and others of course.