Thanks so much guys again for the great info!
rlditmars- I will check out cahaba river.
kameo37- one of the breeders that has the hogs (envy) also sells ksb. I may ask them to handle one to compare with the hoggie while I'm there.

Based on everyone's input I'll add getting the sellers to hold my purchased animals to the list.

One other question here, if you guys don't mind...

I am getting my first snake at this show (the hoggie hopefully) but I'd love to be able to handle some of the others, especially the BPs.. (at this point I wasn't sure if a BP would be too much snake for me so handling an adult at a show would be great to find that out). Would it be rude of me to ask to handle a seller's snakes? I may not be buying a BP at this show, but if there's a prospect of me buying one in the future, would the seller mind? There's a seller in particular that's located in my hometown and has BPs frequently for sale, so maybe he would be a good person to ask.

Thanks again for your time and help!
Artgecko