Thanks for the welcome. I am excited about owning this snake but i am worried about some of the horror stories ive heard about owning this breed of snakes, feeding problems,shedding problems,ect.right now he is in a 15g critter cage,i have a uth on one side a fairly large water bowl for him to drink and soak in,and one hide. the temprature on the hot end is staying around 90 to 91 and at night it drops to anrond 83 to 84.He has eaten twice since i purchased him.I havent handeled him much yet as i have only had him for two weeks now. the humidty level in the cage is arond 50 to 55. the thing that worries me is the thought of being bitten by him because the times that i have gotten him out he gets into the strike position and kinda acts like he wants to be left alone. I guess this is normal for a hatchling but it scares my wife as she really likes handeling the snakes we have for pets. I guess the fear of that will be overcome probbaly when he strikes or does bite one of us.So again thanks for the welcome and any further advice or tips would be really helpful.