I've had a lot of animals, but I defiantly have to agree that my pet snake is the coolest, and one of the nicest. I'm glad that yours is such a good eater too. Besides refusing to eat F/T, my girl has never denied a meal from me, but probably just because she was so underweight when I had got her from a friend. Same here about the agression, she even lets me pet her head nearly every time I take her out. I would defenitly get a snake from a petstore if they were all easy, no matter what other people say about them. I would rather rescue from a petstore than get a "perfect" snake from a breeder. As any problem that occurs in a petstore snake can in a breeder's snake. I hope everything continues to go well for you.