Please allow me to apologize in advance; these two questions are completely unrelated. They really ought to be two separate threads but I didn't want to be greedy with my forum usage.
I do not have a Burmese python but I am rather taken with the idea of getting one in the future, a male, in the interest of keeping things on the manageable side of giant. (perhaps a few years down the line)

question one: feeding. If I have a sub adult to adult male, what kind of feeding regimen should I maintain to keep him lean and "mean". I'm not trying to pinch pennies on feeders nor am I trying to stunt his growth, I just prefer him to be svelte and athletic rather than big and bloated.

Question two, and this is so subjective I almost feel stupid asking but here goes: are Burms fun? I know that they are docile, and that is good in a giant snake but I don't want a giant ball python either. I know dwarf retics are all the rage right now in part because they are so interactive and intelligent. To be honest the more I learn about them the more I think they may be a little too fun for me (Or maybe not, still brainstorming ). But are Burms fun to, you know, "play" with? Are handling sessions interactive or do you end up just sort of lugging them out of the cage and watching them sit?

Thanks so much for any responses, this is all highly hypothetical right now and to be honest I don't know if I will ever get the chance to actually own one, but exploratory research like this will help me ascertain whether or not it's a worthwhile goal for me, personally.