Baby vs. Older snakes-

[CptJack]

I know what you mean! My two cats were both adults when I got them, as was one dog. When I got the second dog I was looking for a young adult, but ended up with a puppy. One of our horses was an adult when we got him (BIG difference in horses in terms of the amount of training the babies need), and one of our goats was an adult when we got her. Many times I like getting an adult so I'm that much closer to where I'm going with that animal (horses: able to ride, goats: able to breed and get milk). With cats and dogs, I like not having to deal with the baby stages... To each their own!

I like my baby snakes, but there's something about a sub-adult or adult that I really like too. So far, in my limited experience, they've just been calmer and easier to deal with.

Yeah. A lot of the reason I went with a BP instead of another snake is that I felt a lot better holding and handling something as substantial and, I don't know, sturdy feeling as BPs are - heavy bodied was a plus. I know I don't need to handle them at all, but when I do handling the adults has felt a lot more secure to me than the babies (and the guy I have now is not a hatchling at all). They've seemed to move slower (on a whole) and were just more comfortable. It's not a HUGE consideration or anything, but enough of one that if I could get an adult or closer to adult snake, I would.