The first snake i bought when I was 14 was a brown tree snake, $25 from the Trading Post
The first python i bought was a jungle that bit the owner during her striptease act in the city, (Melbourne).
My first snake I ever kept was a little whip snake that I caught when i was about 10 (circa 1973)or so
when i was supposed to be in class.
Instead, of school, me and a couple of mates would always go to the creek and catch frogs and skinks ect.
I wish Id thought to take photos in those days