I currently have 4. They are great snakes but you need to be prepared for a blood. They are extremely strong and grow fast.

My young three were pretty nippy when young but have settled down nice. But if your getting a young one you need to be ready to get tagged a few times until they learn your alright. I would be holding mine without issue then suddenly then would just turn their head and chomp on me. It was actually kinda funny. It was as if they were testing me. After a few weeks though they are great.

All of mine(like already said) are very vocal. They huff and puff constantly and are general just heavy breathers, meaning many times you can here them breath but they are not hissing.

If just think your ball is lazy. A blood will teach you the real meaning of the word. I have to poke mine just to make sure they are alive. They will move for food but slowly. They just come up to it and start to swallow it. Other than that they will be right where I left them.

I really like handling mine because they are very content just sitting in your lap or hanging around my neck. They are not like my others that are always moving about. My big girl is a tad over 5.5 ft and is nice in thick. She will sometimes protest going back in her cage and I could see how she could be a real hand full to a smaller person. I also keep my adults in 4x2 and young ones in a rack.

When they say they drink and pee a lot they mean ALOT! That and they take a dump like a baby elephant. Most the time its larger than my 70lb bulldog.