All excellent advice, Zina. Thanks! I'm aching to get my hands on them again! The little Sumatrans especially are so cute that I just wanna kiss their faces off! lol When they arrived I was able to ease them right out of their bags into my hand without too much incident. Just as you said, when I stood up to put them in their tubs they got nervous and tensed up and started flopping around was all. The strikes have happened with all three since, while just looking at them with my face a little too close to their tubs... lol I think they will be fine once they're settled in and realize nothing is going to eat them, though.

I was introduced to a local Sumatran breeder by a friend at a reptile show this past Sunday, who produces the blackest of the black Sumatrans. I was happy to be able to spend a good hour just sitting and talking with him over lunch. He claims that his offspring are always docile as can be from day one. He will have clutches available within the next couple of months and I will definitely be picking up another pair from him!