I just picked up a banana as well - and it turns out the fellow I got it from bought it at Petsmart. Could be from the same hatch as the one you got? The fellow had no idea where PetSmart got it. I used to work for them... I normally won't buy live animals from them. But that's not going to keep me from buying a snake that someone else already bought from them! I suggested that if the chap wanted to try another snake, he look at Kingsnakes - I know that unless he's self-brumating, mine is a bottomless pit of greed when it comes to food, and has a pretty mellow temperament.