BIs as they are called now are great. You can get a female or male. Males are smaller but it will be awhile before your female grows huge. My Colombian girl is 3 years old and about 6' and my sunglow girl is 4' and almost 2 years old. So they don't grow fast, except for the first year or two.
As for bites, I have never actually never been bit by either of my BIs. My Colombian has slammed her head into my hand as a baby but that was because I came in above her head face first and she got scared. Since then her or my sunglow has never made an effort to bite. About the worst either have done is hiss at me when I first fed Rosey a rabbit. She apparently loves them and hissed when I was picking aspen off it while she was swallowing, guess she thought I was going to take it away. Shes never done that with rats. And Vicky has hissed at once when she went into her first shed when I got her. Since then neither of them do anything. I can reach in head first and do whatever, they just come over to my hand and flick their tongues and when I'm not food, they lay back down or crawl out the door to explore. Mind you though that both my BIs get lots of outside the cage time and daily interaction be it as simple as a few pets on the head while changing water to actually letting them out for a few hours to hang out on their shelves above the bed or on the couch.
As for cage aggression, neither of mine are cage aggressive at all. Like I said, I reach in usually daily to change water and pet them as well as spot clean if needed.
As for size, like I mentioned, Rosey is about 6' and just over 3 years old and Vicky is 4' and almost 2 years old and both of them are like giant puppy dogs. The only downside is when I take them outside in the summer, if I get near anything they can grab like a low tree branch or rain gutter or fence, they try and do the ninja stretch behind me to grab onto that stuff lol.
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