did you ever get your hog? If you like Colubrids they are cool. It is a snake that will hiss, head-butt and act like it hates you though, and they have a slight odor cause mice isn't there natural diet, but if your cool with that they have cool personalities. By the way that is not even close to being expensive for any snake. That's the bottom of the hobby pricing. Putting a price on a living creature can be tricky it's something that will rely on you for every possible need for up to over 20 years sometimes so it's important to get the one you really want even if you have to wait and save. Either way wish you the best!