I never even thought of a tortoise! I had no idea they were social. I guess I always pictured them as serious pet rocks lol.

I think I'm leaning towards the BTS, I love ackies, but I think a BTS would fit better for what I'm looking for.

I still want a boa, just have to figure out which species.

Hmmm decisions decisions!

Side question... My daughter (2 months shy of 4yo) just asked me for a purple lizard. Any ideas? Lol (no, I'm not going to go buy her a lizard because it's a certain color, though it would be awesome if bts had a lavender coloration. Ha)

That is another quality I'm looking for, that I think the BTS has, is children interaction. (Always supervised of course) obviously if my little ones were squeezers or pokers I wouldn't let them near anything, but both have been raised with animals and have known for a long time how to be gentle. They do great with the bps (well, somewhat handling, they sit on the couch next to me and I lay the BP in their lap for a few minutes)